17Accounts of Council
The accounts of the Council shall be made up annually as at such date as the Secretary of State may fix, and shall be audited in such manner, and by such person, as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct, and copies of the accounts and of any report made on the accounts shall, within three months after the date as at which the accounts are made up, be transmitted by the Council to the Secretary of State and to such persons as the Secretary of State may direct.