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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 occurrence
 of fraud, embezzlement, or carelessness:
(vi) To supervise the expenditure and other disbursements
 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 disbursements
 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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