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(d) SCHEDULE OF IMPERFECT VOUCHERS PASSED BY THE AUDIT OFFICE UNDER PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 73 AND 75, PUBLIC REVENUES ACT, 1926. Section 73, which requires the Audit Office to disallow payment of any sum where the voucher for the actual receipt and payment has not been produced, empowers the Minister, on satisfactory evidence being produced that the requisite papers have been lost or destroyed and that it is not possible to obtain or replace them, to authorize the Audit Office to pass the payment. Section 75 provides that when a voucher produced for payment is defective from the want of any certificate the Audit Office, on proof to its satisfaction that the defect was not due to wilful neglect of the accounting officer and that the sum named in the voucher had been actually and properly paid, may pass the voucher as a sufficient discharge. The following is a schedule of imperfect vouchers passed by the Audit Office under authority of the two sections mentioned :—

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Department and Particulars. Reason. Amount ! ToU1 Amount. Agriculture. £ s. d. £ a. d. Compensation under the Stock Act .. .. Voucher lost .. .. .. 1 10 0 Wages .. .. .. .. ,. Voucher lost .. .. .. 12 2 5 13 12 5 Air. Freight charges .. .. .. .. Receipts unobtainable .. .. 3 10 0 Pay and allowances .. .. .. .. Vouchers lost .. . . .. 175 7 5 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. Receipts not obtained .. .. 134 13 5 Uniform allowance .. .. .. .. Voucher lost .. .. .. 10 9 11 324 0 9 Army, Cable charges .. .. .. .. Receipts unobtainable .. .. 0 12 0 Freight charges .. .. .. .. Receipts unobtainable .. ,. 662 6 4 Pay and allowances .. .. .. .. Receipts unobtainable .. .. 5 10 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. Receipts not obtained .. .. 31 0 7 699 8 11 Crown Law. Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. Receipts not obtained .. .. 1 16 0 — 1 16 0 Customs. Travelling-expenses of official representative Receipts unobtainable .. .. 77 9 8 travelling in the United States of America 77 9 8 Education. Meal allowances .. .. .. . . Voucher lost .. . . .. 14 0 6 Purchase of publications .. .. .. Receipt unobtainable .. .. 0 8 0 Travelling-expenses.. .. ,, .. Receipts not obtained .. .. 10 13 5 Wages .. .. .. .. ., Receipts not obtaiijed .. .. 9 18 7 35 0 6 Government Insurance. Purchase of publications .. ,. ., Vouchers lost .. .. .. 12 7 — 1 2 7 Health. Purchase of goods .. .. .. .. Receipt not obtained .. .. 0 10 0 , „ 0 10 0 Industries and Commerce, Tourist and Publicity. Bureau charges .. .. .. .. Receipts not obtained .. .. 0 19 2 Freight charges .. .. .. .. Receipts unobtainable .. 0 19 11 Purchase of publications .. .. ., Voucher lost .. .. .. 0 10 0 Rent • • •. . • .. .. Receipt unobtainable .. ., 26 14 3 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. Receipts not obtained .. .. 16 6 0 45 9 4 Internal Affairs. Freight charges .. .. .. .. Receipts unobtainable .. .. 44 19 4 Travelling-expenses.. .. .. .. Receipts not obtained .. .. 192 11 6 . 237 10 10 Justice and Prisons. Imprest payments .. .. .. .. Vouchers lost .. .. .. 40 0 4 40 0 4 Labour. Bureau charges .. .. .. .. Receipts not obtained .. . . 1 3 10 Salary payments .. .. .. Vouchers lost .. .. .. 23 1J 10 Subsidy, Scheme 13 .. .. .. .. Voucher lost .. .. .. 3 10 7 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. Receipts not obtained .. .. 2 0 0 30 6 3 Land and Income Tax. Overtime .. .. .. .. .. Vouchers lost .. .. .. 654 15 9 Refund of tax .. .. .. .. Voucher lost ., .. .. 4 12 6 . J — 659 8 3 Lands and Survey. Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. Voucher lost .. .. .. 2 14 6 Wages .. .. .. .. .. Voucher lost .. .. .. 36 17 3 39 11 9 Marine. Freight charges .. .. .. .. Receipt unobtainable .. .. 1 19 0 1 19 o Mines. Wages .. .. .. .. .. Receipts unobtainable ,. .. 4 0 0 — 4 0 0 National Commercial Broadcasting. Cables ., ., .. ., . . Receipts unobtainable .. .. 5 14 1 | 5 H 1