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are         the        treasurers              of         there  was  closer  monitoring


        Paradise,            St.      Paul’s,         St.         of their finances.

        George’s,                      Maranatha,                 IMPLEMENTING


        Westerhall, La Poterie and St                             RECOMMENDATIONS

        David’s  churches.  Special

        mention  must  be  made  of                               The  audit  department  does


        Brother  Keith  Hall  of  St                              not  usually  follow  up  to

        George’s             church             whose             ensure that audit reports are


        performance  is  consistently                             ultimately  brought  to  the

        of  the  top  draw.  There  are,                          church           at       its      business

        however,  a  few  who  do  not                            meeting                  and               that


        even  open  the  envelopes.                               recommendations                              are

        They  do  not  record  bank                               discussed  with  a  view  to

        charges              and           interests,             implementation,                           even


        therefore  their  records  are                            correcting                      inaccurate

        not  accurate  and  reliable.                             balances.  Subsequent  audits,

        What is even more serious is                              however,  reveal  that  in  too


        the  fact  that  a  few  of  these                        many  instances  corrections

        who  do  not  open  their                                 are          not           made             and

        envelopes  allow  their  bank                             recommendations  are  not


        balance  to  go  into  overdraft                          implemented. It is important

        without  knowing  about  it.                              if  improvements  are  to  be


        Some           churches             incurred              made  that  corrections  are

        overdraft             charges           which             done  and  recommendations,

        could  have  been  avoided  if                            which  are  mainly  policy
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