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that “a number of separate funds did not exactly
make any man poor.” Formerly very large amounts
appear to have been standing in very accessible form,
especially as deposits in the banks.
Partly by ordinance of 1899, which came into
force at the beginning of 1901, and partly at an
earlier period, the public finances have been
completely centralised. They are separated in the books
and not in the Treasury, which contains now the
proceeds of the different funds, of which a common
cash account is kept. The University has its own
cashier, but for the ordinary departments everything
not needed for current expenses is paid into the
common current account of the general Treasury,
and no separate office may from day to day keep
more than 50,000 marks. On this common account
payment-orders are made by the general Treasury
as well as by the provincial governors’ offices, these
later on sending into the general Treasury specified
statements of what they have paid in and taken
out. This rule is followed everywhere where a separate
account is kept, and if the Bank of Finland has no
branch office at a place, the money is paid into a
private bank. At all offices, as, for instance, those
of the railways, of the post, the University, and the
Finnish passport office in St. Petersburg, the cash
account is audited at least once a month. By means
of this new order, which was in preparation for more
than ten years, since 1888, and which is now finally
in force, it is believed that a financial organisation
has been obtained as good as that of modern
constitutional States with their budget and accounts.
Statements have to be handed in early enough to
be prepared and included in the budget. The budget
may not be exceeded without special permission from
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