Like manner,

There was

my letter of the

13th instant, containing further evidence, : particularly the fact which had been

ascertained, so

by

lutely

as

the 9th i

9th instant

the Superintendent of Police; that as the half years' Crown Rents of

all the eleven lots were

aid at the

paid

end of February

so were the monthly Rack Rents of the houses (and in particular of the brothel ) standing thereon, received by Mr Caldwell down to the present month of May,

and that he excouted all lessor's

repairs. Nevertheless, and in the absence of e

attempt at dispreof, a mere letter of denial of

even

un

interest in the brothel, received

us at our

from Mr. Caldwell, was read to

Meeting of the 14th instant, by His Excellency, who stated that "therety the " suspicion " was entirely

removed..

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removed. And yet, even in that letter, Mr Ouldwell, in order to make his denial loss

improbable, had stated that he paid the

Crown Kent on the

for the Chinese

occasion referred 1, + for so

owner, and not for

himself. In other words the Registrar

General attempted to disclaim interest in by setting up

for the brethel !

an

Á an

agency

It seems to have escaped Hoist

Excellency: 's attention that this is a matter in which it is impossible, if Mr Caldwell has done his duty under so Section Five of the Brithold Ordinance, that there can at all. His "Register" enght to have been carefully

have been

any

Mistake

made up down to this

very date in conformity with that Fiction, and likewise the copy thereo

with which he is bound to furnish » the Coloncal Secretary; and that

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