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business, than it can be ever to you, and it
will certainly be strange if the sum named
cannot at least be realised.
Yours,
J. M.

I O U £488
J. M.,
5th Nov., 1859.

I O U £420
J. M. 1|2|60.

I O U 400
J. M. 16|1|60.
To be repaid out of money
of next trip of Pirate.
16 Jan., '60.
£333 6s. 8d. received on
In Mr. M'Glashan's 21st Jan. '60 towards pay-
ment of the
writing. above £400 0 0
333 6 8
Balce. still due
of £66 13 4

(Copy).
No. 496. 16 Jan., 1860.
To the Manager of the Union Bank of
Australia
Dunedin
Pay or Bearer
Four hundred pounds, stg.
£400
J. M'GLASHAN,
Provincial Treasurer.

(Copy).
No. 501. 23rd Jan., 1860.
To the Manager of the Union Bank of Aus-
tralia, Dunedin.
Pay Mr. Cheyne, or Bearer, Five hundred
pounds.
£500
J. M'GLASHAN,
Provl. Treasr.

(Copy).
No. 20th Feb., 1860.
To the Manager of the Union Bank of Aus-
tralia, Dunedin.
Pay Self, or Bearer, Four hundred and
eighty-six pounds 13s. 4d.
(Sd.) JAMES MACANDREW & Co.
£486 13 4

(Original.)
No. Dunedin, Otago, N. Z.,
20th Sept., 1860.
The Oriental Bank Corporation.
Pay Self, or Bearer, Eight hundred and
thirty-six pounds 13s. 4d.
JAMES MACANDREW.
£836 13s. 4d.
Endorsed,
JAMES A. CHEYNE.

(Copy).
No. 10th March, 1860.
To the Manager of the Union Bank of Aus-
tralia, Dunedin.
Pay —, or bearer, Six hundred pounds
stg.
(Sd.) JAMES MACANDREW & Co.
£600

MONEY WARRANT.
No. 738. For £1000. Dunedin, 7th May
1860. Service—Works, Clutha Coal Fields.
In favour of James Paterson & Co.
N.B.—To this warrant was attached a receipt
for £1000, dated 8th May 1860, signed by
James Paterson & Co.

MONEY WARRANT.
No. 470. For £1712. Dunedin, 25th Feb-
ruary 1860. Service—Half of Passage Money
per "Gala."
In favour of James Macandrew and W.
H. Reynolds, for John Gladstone & Co.
N.B.—The Sub-Voucher is signed by Mr.
Macandrew alone.

MONEY WARRANT.
(Corrected Warrant.)
No. 437. For £1712. Dunedin, 25th Feb-
ruary 1860. Service—Half of Passage Money
per "Gala." In favour of James Macandrew
and Co.

MEMORANDUM FOR AUDITOR-GENERAL.

The only point in the whole matter now
under enquiry which the Superintendent is
desirous of exculpating himself with regard to,
is the allegation that the deficiency in the
Provincial Chest on 30th June last was in his
hands. The only testimony which can possi-
bly implicate him is that of Mr. M'Glashan
himself, and as there is no means of rebutting
Mr. M'Glashan's assertion by aught but asser-
tion, the Superintendent is desirous of proving
that to a considerable extent and for a long
period Mr. M'Glashan had taken use of public
monies. If this can be established the infer-
ence would be that the deficiency in June was
in his hands. In order to establish this point
it would be necessary to find out the balances
which ought to have been in the Provincial
Chest at the dates of the respective Audits,
and also the balances in the hands of Mr.
M'Glashan at the same dates, as Treasurer to
the Road Board and Education Board respec-
tively. The Superintendent would then bring
proof as to sums advanced by Mr. Macandrew
to Mr. M'Glashan at the same dates. These
amounts with the Road and Education balances
might be taken as the sum which Mr. M'Gla-
shan devoted to his own private use. In order
to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion, it will be
necessary to examine witnesses on oath; as,
however, that cannot be done, the Superinten-
dent would endeavour to get proof from Mr.
Morris, formerly cashier to J. Macandrew and
Co., Mr. Reynolds, formerly a partner in that
firm, Mr. Jackson, of the Union Bank, and
probably Mr. Edward M'Glashan, who, how-
ever, from his relationship, it might be well to
dispense with.

JAMES MACANDREW,
Sup.
22nd Jany., 1861.

It may be observed that the various memo-
randa passed between Mr. Macandrew and Mr.
M'Glashan, were written by the former under
the influence of the strictest personal friend-