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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
The following abstracts of recent decisions of the Comptroller 
General of the United States, are of general interest: 
Vol. -9, -A-31014, - page. 430: 
Post_of Duty. 
"An employee whose official duty station is New York City who, 
in returning from a trip on official business, arrived at the 
Grand Central Terminal at 6:35 p. m., is not entitled to reim— 
bursement for the cost of a meal taken after arrival, under 
the Standardized Government Travel Regulations. 

Subsistence — Meals Taken after-Arrival at 
A-31036, page 432: Contracts — Mistake — Cancellation — Read- 
vertisement. 
"Where, in requesting bids: for the furnishing of: steel to the 
Government, the wrong blue prints were sent to some of the bid— 
ders and the contract was awarded to one of the bidders to whom 
wrong blue prints had been sent, it should be canceled and the 
matter readvertised in order that bidding may be on common ground. 
A-31074, page 434: Transportation of Household Effects — Un-— 
crating. 
"Where an officer of the Army, on duty as a military attache 
in a foreign country, has had his household effects transported 
at Government expense from his old station to his new station, 
including packing, crating, freight, and drayage to his new 
station, there is no authority under the act of March 23, 1928, 
45 Stat. 333, to reimburse him for the cost of unpacking or un- 
crating the household effects at the new station. 
A~30991, page 446: Contracts ~- Mistake in Bid. 
- “Where bids were requested for the furnishing of hardware for 
barrack chairs (seat bolts) and at the time of opening and con- 
sideration of the bids there was such a difference in the amount 
of the bids as to indicate a possible mistake in the low bid, 
and upon being asked to verify its bid, the bidder alleged mis- 
take but furnished no evidence to establish the mistake and the 
bid was accepted and delivery made, payment therefor being made 
at the bid price, there is no authority for payment of any amount 
in excess thereof. 
"The fact that the contractor elected to act on the department's 
instructions to make delivery of the supplies bid upon and to 
present a claim for any amount to which it believed itself en- 
titled in addition to the contract price does not require or 
authorize allowance of the claim. In electing to follow such 
procedure the contractor removed from consideration the question 
as to whether under the facts and circumstances it could have 
been permitted to withdraw its bid. 

