c) It was intimated, through discussions with the Mission officers, that  there had been incidents of break-ins at two of the properties  leased by the Mission, and a number of household items stolen,  including television sets, CCTV decoder and Monitor, blankets,  sheets, pillows, iron, kettle, toaster etc. In both instances, there  had been no loss reports submitted to the appropriate authorities  for evaluation of the circumstances of the occurrences and  acquittance of the accounting records. The financial rules and  regulations require that all losses and damages to Government  properties should be reported.  d) A test check of the physical stocks of consumable stores against  the ledger balances had revealed some significant discrepancies, which indicated that the maintenance of the  accounting records for these items was not of the standard  prescribed by the Supplies Regulations and Procedures. This  weakness carries with it the risk of misuse of supplies without  notice or detection.  e) According to the General Ledger account, the balance of the  rental security deposits on the various properties leased by the  Mission was P124 479 as at 31 March 2018. I had sought the  Accounting Officer’s confirmation that this balance is in accordance with the balance on records held by the Mission on  property files.  f) A check of the vehicle log books had indicated instances where  officers’ children had been transported to school using official  vehicles. I had raised comments on this matter during the audits  of other Missions in the past but to date I have still not had the  Accounting Officers definitive comment on this practice, as an  Accounting Officer.  a) A review of the revenue accounts had indicated that little  attention had been paid to these accounts in the preparation  84. Audit of Accounts – Botswana High Commission, London As earlier indicated, the Accounting Officer’s comments on the  above observations were still awaited at the time of writing this  report.  Arising out of the audit of accounts and records of the above Mission, I  addressed my observations and comments to the Accounting Officer  for his comments, but at the time of writing this report I had still not  received those comments. The main points raised are indicated  below–  68 