Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. A NOTE ON THE DOCUMENTATION x
5. THE PUBLIC PURSE 1
6. 1. INTRODUCTION 3
7. 2. THE POWER OF THE PURSE BEFORE CONFEDERATION 11
8. 3. CONFEDERATION AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT 39
9. 4. THE SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1867-78 56
10. 5. THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE AND THE AUDITOR GENERAL, 1879-90 70
11. 6. THE SCANDAL SESSIONS, 1891-6 85
12. 7. THE AUDITOR GENERAL VERSUS THE LIBERAL ADMINISTRATION, 1896-1905 102
13. 8. A NEW AUDITOR GENERAL AND AN OLD COMMITTEE, 1905-11 122
14. 9. THE CONSERVATIVES AND THE WAR, 1911-21 143
15. 10. THE NADIR OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE, 1921-39 161
16. 11. THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939-45 181
17. 12. THE POST-WAR PERIOD, 1946-60 201
18. 13. THE GRANTING OF SUPPLY BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR 224
19. 14. THE GRANTING OF SUPPLY SINCE THE FIRST WORLD WAR 246
20. 15. THE RECORD AND THE FUTURE 275
21. APPENDIX: THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT, 1951, AND AMENDMENTS 285
22. INDEX 317