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§ The SOLICITOR-GENERALI beg to move, in page 98, line 3, at.the end, to insert:
and the salaries, allowances, and pensions payable to or in respect of members of his staff shall be paid out of those revenues.This is a drafting Amendment, to rectify a small omission in the original Bill. The original draft did not provide for the staff of the Auditor-General being covered by this Clause. This Amendment puts that right.
§ Mr. CHURCHILLHow was it that this was forgotten? It seems to me rather an important point to be forgotten in the drafting of the Bill. Apparently when the Bill was drafted no thought was paid to the fact that the members of the staff of the Auditor-General would also be required to be paid out of the revenues of the Federation. The learned Solicitor-General represented it as a drafting Amendment, whereas, in fact, it is a slovenly omission which has been tardily made good.
§ Amendment agreed to.