Exchequer and Audit Departments Act, 1866

Appointment of officers, clerks, &c. and their salaries.

8. The Treasury shall from time to time appoint the officers, clerks, and other persons in the department of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and Her Majesty by Order in Council may from time to time regulate the numbers and salaries of the respective grades or classes into which the said officers, clerks, and others shall be divided.