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(11) To exercise supervision over the receipts 
of public revenue and as far as possible to secure 
its punctual collection ; 
(iii) To bring promptly to account, under the 
proper heads and items, all money, whether 
revenue or other receipts, paid into the Treasury 
or accounted for to him ; 
(iv) To see that proper provision is made for 
the safe keeping of all public money and stamps; 
(v) To exercise supervision over all the officers 
of his department entrusted with the receipt or 
expenditure of public money, and over the sub. 
accountants, and to take precautions, by the 
maintenance of efficient checks, against the occur- 
rence of fraud, embezzlement, or carelessness: 
(vi) To supervise the expenditure and other dis- 
bursements of the Government ; to take care that 
no payment is made which is not covered by 
proper authority, expressed or referred to on the 
voucher relating to it: and, in case of any 
apparent extravagance or of any apparent defect 
in the provision for a charge owing to the 
exhaustion or absence of a Vote, to call the 
attention of the Colonial Secretary in writing to 
the matter : 
(vii) Promptly to charge in his accounts under 
the proper heads and items of estimate all dis- 
bursements of the Government: to render the 
accounts for audit; and to prepare the Financial 
Statements and Returns. 
206. The Treasurer will from time to time cause 
Surprise inspections to be made of the accounts of his 
Sub-accountants. He will report to the Colonial 
Secretary any material irregularity connected with 
the public accounts that may have been brought to 
his notice. 
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