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The institution of a proper audit for all local accounts by an officer specially appointed for the purpose, and in touch with the Account ant-General in London, was also introduced. Previous to this time no in- quiry was made, either locally or at Somerset House, into the manner in which the accounts were kept — relating to the wages paid in the dockyards amounting to £80o, ooo a 2i8 NELSON AND THE 20TH CENTURY. year — or even the semblance of a subsequent audit, an anomaly unprecedented in the... public service even of that day ; and in- dividual payments were made directly by the cashier to the workmen concerned, in- stead of being distributed to the men by intermediaries, such as foremen, inspectors, etc. Further, the practice of surveying the quantity of stores in stock at frequent short intervals was ordered instead of on the death or supersession of the naval store officer as heretofore, and which had resulted in universal discrepancies between the results of surveys when held and those given by the ledgers.
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