Document Record

Creator

Great Britain. Treasury.

Title

Treasury Fonds : T 38. Departmental Accounts

Identifier

lac_mikan_106012
MG 15 T 38
Government
French Canada
oocihm.lac_mikan_106012

Document source

Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Language

English

Description

The Treasury Board is the Government of Canada's only statutory Cabinet committee and is responsible for the federal civil service and much of the operation of the Canadian government. It was established in 1867 and given statutory powers in 1869. Among its specific duties are negotiating labour agreements with the public service unions and serving as Comptroller General. It is headed by the President of the Treasury Board and assisted by the Treasury Board Secretariat. It is officially a committee of the Privy Council. Its role in government makes it far more powerful than most Cabinet committees as it is responsible for "accountability and ethics, financial, personnel and administrative management, comptrollership, approving regulations and most Orders-in-Council."
This collection relates to Quebec, which contains Receiver General's accounts. Included are an affidavit sworn in 1795 before the Lord Mayor of London by John Wigglesworth, an Inspector General in the Audit Office, in connection with the indebtedness to the Crown of Sir Thomas Mills, Receiver General of Quebec, 1765-1793, and William Grant, Deputy Receiver General of Quebec, 1777-1784; the accounts of Grant, 1777-1783; and the accounts of Mills, 1787-1789.

URL

https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_106012