Mr. Chairman, early in the exposition I sent over Kit Spence. I did not go myself, I sent Kit Spence over because he was the most familiar with the exposition, had been with it almost from day one and he went over and changed a number of things. Later on we sent over another person from our finance department at ED&T to give some more assistance. After that we sent Mr. Spence back again towards the end of the exposition to help with the wind up. So, there were some actions taken during the course of the fair.
You can see on page nine of 20 you can see some of the things that were done. There were things done that tried to account for how much was sold and how much money was taken in. I could read from that page if you want, Mr. Chairman. The sales were recorded into cash registers provided by Expo. There were four registers, one on the second floor restaurant, two in the retail boutique and one on the main floor kiosk. The rule was that only one employee was supposed to operate a cash register during a shift. At the end of any shift a cashier prepared a reconciliation. That is a record. This reconciliation ensured that recorded sales agreed to cash and credit card sales collected. I do admit that from time to time there were some shortages, Mr. Chairman. The cash, cash register tape and the completed reconciliation form were given to the finance officer. There was another procedure that was followed. The finance officer verified the reconciliation form and recounted the cash receipt. So, there were some controls over there. Obviously they did not please the Comptroller General all the time, but there was an attempt made to make sure that everything was accounted for. Maybe they did not do it perfectly but there was a system in place, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.