A GOOD AUDIT TALE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1111, 28 June 1882, Page 2

A GOOD AUDIT TALE.

The following W been supplied to tho Poverty Bay Herald by " Snyder" i—- ' "Thiß is what, happened when p|ir pat loan'mnnger, Mr (now Bir) Julius Vogel, took office as-Colonial Treasurer. He insisted upon a radical change being made iii keepingrthe public accounts, and here is what followed', in one known instance at leait, andwhich was probably followed in many others. A newspaper proprietor on tho West Coast ;of the Middle Island sent to one of the departments an account of some £l6 odd. It came back with a red ink memorandum stating that the account must be sent in in duplicate. A duplicate account was made and forwarded in course of post The duplicates came back with more red ink on them, stating that thred accounts must be . furnished. One for the head of the department ; one for the accountant,' and one to file in the office.of the. department. Tliis request was''complied with. Then , th« came back with still more redhnlt; The aqthoritppon which flip adyertisement was, inseyted • ipuit bp attached to the account. T|iis »lso wag. done. Triplicates with the authority came back again stating the account roust be certified to by the local Government office*' as having been published;/ Thisj likewise was done, The time occupied\A the varioni .processes extended to ovtfl two months, At last a oheque amvJF* for tho iIS odd; Wd the long if asperated newßpawer proprietor became appeased. He thoupht : no more of the matter. His surprac.may be judged when a month ifter' the receipt of the first cheque he received, a second cheque for the same amount A third and a fourth op to nine times repeated did the proprietor receive each month in. regular sucoessiop a, oheque,? each oj}e pi the-same viliie as thfil which' hid oome before! Then-the',Colonial Treasurer d eri sed anew »y pf no more cheques came to hand. The proprietor caused, his editor to^. denounce in very strong'language ; the' alteration made in the late iyStei!i : of book-iAeping, • it being the ■ satisfactory ! have been felt deeply upon the part of his permanent• income,' 'and.'jW through reYeniug t9 aix" effete ayatein. .was deprived of an incbm'e nearly reach- -' ing : £200 per advised to demand'.compens&tipn 'for th# loss sustained, but he ne'glectfldio do thi*^until he felt if Wy- ' v •*'"*