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stpm lU fn t P rel ' ni . laa) T. examination of the accounts, and take necessary
steps to settle any obvtous irregularities. He will then send the complete
Ww Control er a11 ThTw? forin exce ss of Ks. 100, to the Central
ar Controller. The latter will audit the accounts under the direction of
our Comptroller and Auditor-General, and he will depute a representative
exifendhure an He Wlle d n f cess f- v \ lor local audit of particular classes of
expenditure. He will also adjust and compile the accounts in a suitable
'iw a h P p‘ro , th n e m t0 7 ° U ’ WItho,,t Buchers, from time to time.
Chief Political Ofhcei has now sent to him complete accounts from the
nZHdll h 0 CC , up! 1 10 , n t0 the end of March 1916, and accounts for this
pr e o;:Vclpile r d ndered t0 y ° U 08 S0 ° n aS they ha ™ checked and
9 As was stated m our telegram of the 17th July 1916, the arrange-
ments^ leferred to above were made solely with a view to regularising
financial control in the occupied territories, and were not intended, in any
way, to abrogate the .authority conferred on the Army Commander by Field
Service Regulations, Part XL, Chapter III, Section 8 . We also understood
•?m .the representative of the local authorities that the arrangements
introduced by us were calculated to meet all practical difficulties. We are
glad.to hnd, from l T ° ur telegram of the lOtli October 19.16, that you have
piovisionaliy accepted our proposals, subject to any modification that may be
necessary alter consideration by His Majesty’s Treasury.
We have, &c.,
(Signed) C. C. Monro.
W . S. Meyer.
C. H. A. Hill.
C. Sanicaran Naif;.
G. R. Lowndes.
G. S. Barnes.
Enclosure No. 9.
Schedule of Financial Powers to be exercised by the Army Commander in
Mesopotamia in respect of Expenditure debitable wholly to the Revenues
oi the Occupied Territory in Iraq.
A— Establishments.
A The Army Commander may sanction, without previous reference to
the Government of India, the creation or abolition of appointments and the
raising or reduction of the pay and allowances of sanctioned appointments
or of officers, subject to the following conditions
( 1 ) No appointment may be created which would be filled by an officer
of the Government of India belonging to an Imperial Service
(as defined m Article 29 B., Civil Service Regulations), nor may
any alteration be made in the sanctioned rates of pay and
allowances of such appointments or officers.
(2) No appointment may be created which would be filled by a person
already in the service of the Government of India, if the pay
and allowances exceed Us. 800 a month; nor may any alteration
be made in the pay and allowances of an appointment or officer
of this class in cases where they exceed Rs. 800 a month.
(3) In cases not falling under clauses (1) and (2) of this rule, the
creation of all appointments whose pay and allowances exceed
Rs. 800 a month shall be reported to the Government of India.
Note 1.—The term “ allowances ” as used in this Rule does not include fixed trayellino-
allowances, m respect of which the Army Commander may exercise full powers of
sanction. r
Note 2—Emoluments in kind (e.g., free quarters or free rations) are not to be taken into
calculation m applying the limits mentioned in clauses (2) and (3) of this Rule.
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