14 IQ oO o bq 7 Y re (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. =111