providers, but at year-end only P5 961 had been reimbursed by the Medical Aid Scheme. 

(d) Although the purpose and use of the representation allowance vote, available only in Mission accounts, is clearly defined in General Orders there is still some confusion between this vote and the official hospitality vote, resulting in the distortion of expenditure totals between these 2 votes in the Missions. Apart from these 2 votes, there have been other instances of misallocations of expenditures in the accounts of this Mission. Financial Instructions and Procedures require that expenditures shall be allocated strictly in accordance with the provisions set out in the Expenditure Estimates for accuracy of accounts presentation. 

I have drawn the attention of the Accounting Officer to these, and other, shortcomings, and at the time of writing this report I had still not received his comments. 

