Auditor General

noun

(in Canada) a federal official responsible for auditing government departments and making an annual report

Inquisitiveness is but another name for the Auditor General.

When Grimes was Auditor-General every officer was a gentleman and a man of honour.

This board, under which was an auditor-general at the head of the office of accounts, was the germ of the later treasury.

The Auditor-General then decided that the legal rate of six percent should be enforced.

So also would the audit of the Controller or Auditor-General.

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