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London, England, 1831-12-01 00:00:00

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It is
It , t 0 be hoped that the late visit of Sir
SAY
11.
hos .NELL, and that of Mr. POULETT
AzheiN) to Paris, will accelerate that great
a in this country,—the establishment
,properp system of keeping accounts in all our
oces. The attention of the Right
,y'pentlemen mentioned has been particu-
treeted to the furtherance of this object,
We trust the country is soon destined to
4114 advantages of the enquiries which Go-
ent have for some time past been institut-
N° the matter. Hitherto the complicated
di
of accounting used in our public offices ;
4ilat°rY methods of auditing ; and the fact
there is not to be met with in any depart-
any clear statement of the annual expendi-
of the public money to which such depart-
gives rise ; afford sufficient grounds for
[''ants that there is a strong capability of im-
that:t in the existing system of accounts,
the public money would be much more
te
ic) if the nation was somehat better ac-
Itlted
with the real state of its expenditure.
3. BROOKSBANK and BELTZ, the emi-
4eeountants, to whom it was referred some
%how ;ince to make a report on this subject,
farnili; satisfactorily the deficiencies that pre-
, a 1
nd are throughout the system ; and the following
miry, a , 41
Great I° oh
k"'ade by them, is, amongst others, worthy
such ronnel iervation :--« 'The annual accounts that are
red
es, before
Parliament are confined to the Ex-
lion
nit( 1301 Receipts and Issues : they leave mil-
dinner last Unex .
plamed and unaccounted for in de-
',OUNT.I. 0,1 the
They state, for instance, the expenditure
yes eratay t Army, Navy, and Ordnance, no further than
to
in which ,„ % amount of the issues for each of these
tr a luilitarie, S•
or Jr an affeljcp4 the
6nel:11061,113 Iv first and second reports made by Dr.
shall w°of'
:eIN: on the public accounts of France,
rom
for some time under our perusal, and,
?,re is 501.4-eorth hlng them, we feel bound to express the
of PaisleY' genree'sfili4Wh• We entertain of the masterly manner
f hie the Himer lt
ted to him reporter has executed the task com-
Indt inwe the tor% 411 by Government. Dr. BowniNG
.ather 'wit both the comprehensive mind, and
veek,
i''ilba.,ll"ledge of details, which the subject de-
n the suPP .1041 Ned •
remaio'd at ln order to being properly treated, and
has mated
a theory and practice in this instance,
le.
Altki llner hardly to have been expected from
ra the .1-1" lat tr6on
'9a (deter Whom the world knew rather in his cha-
• `fie
thin thesesoti'llt• Woet than that of financier or accoun-
der,blY l°`,Peount are sure, however, that no common
ts; but i/Iretizoo(l.l44lc 4 ant would have been competent to this
bete were fe:441),,' •c)r want
bers were In -6taet of an acquaintance with those
reared t° 945,15;g4 corn principles which govern finance, as well
[mated at jske
I"ree, but of which mere practitioners
barred/0,19,A' .or the
t period '0177, "eh r. most part, profoundly ignorant.
tated at I.oAll4,.`,lnciples, as DAVID HUNIE has observed,
I'llpti e
gated 'l3 fr ti
er t g. experience and deep reflection, in
v be well understood, for their real

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