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Letter from the Superintendent of potr
put into
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the Council); entreating
my way me to cause tomi
пер
Books of the Treasury by the new Colonial Treasurer, the Howe. Mr Forth.
The result was
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to shew beyond all doubt, that besides the Crown Lot in question Mr Haldwell held ten other lots
of Crown land in the Town - that they
eleven
were
all registered in his own name, that other Bristol licensed Brothels, stood upon some of them, that the Brown rents, had been paid by himself
provision to be introduced, to restrain Mr Caldwell's Chinese wife, his family and servants from abusing to their own profit his large grant over persons and property which would be permanent in his hands, as the Registrar.
Ace printed Minutes for
oting Colonial Secretary in person, for all the lots, and this long and protracted inquiry into the character of Chinese within Hong Kong by Hong Kong and of his appointment as Brothel's Licensee, and that First Assistant days.
2y+Mt. May authorized me to state to the Council 17 May 1858 to May V. 8 June: 1858 pp. 1-3 4-17-18.
And see
see any
and I did state, as
α.
by
May 1858 to the
eleven
L'
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sincer
Ford Shenley Mp. the theo Treasury receipts had been made out, not to ground for proprietary of State and
own
request, to three Chinese
(the 13th May 1838 vested in Mr. Caldwell under the late Brothel's sixth siruthighple whose names he furnished to the Clerk, the
letters such a clause; that the questionable authority to the printed Minutes huin, but at his
to the Acting Colonial,
them
First, Third; Fourth
Officer, was a
quack Doctor with, and Seventh days first of these, Lun Acteon,
and p to the who was attached in that capacity, to his (A June, 1858 pp. 1-5.10-Caldwell's) family, the second, Chew Alai, the same
4-22-23-7. 28. 29. 30.
Doctor's Chinese Concubine, and the third Chun Afsoo,
Secretary # of the Myth Ordnance appeared to have so
' appeared to have so perverted by May May 1868 to Secretary Lord Hauley M.P.- private purposes of monopoly, at last our having been granted by
granted by him to a Chinese Brothel, built upon land, which had certi alweups been until
very lately his own land according to the devants was still his land, and which
was beyond all doubt standing in his name in the•
the Register at *• Land Office.
-
M.-M.
J
a
sister of Mr. Colitwell; - the latter being herself.
- singing Girl, married from a Chinese Brothel.
30.
o
29. The letter was read; and, on Mr Caldwell
demijing absolutely, that he held
land. any - a denial to which
all within the Colony Governor, the acting Colonial Secretary of the Governor at once
gave credit the Land Office was consulted anity by the latter officials the land
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At the
Moved the
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of the case,
d) by to fact, this reccellency the Governor and the Legislative Council), on my motion adopted the provision recommended by Mr May, nemine contradicentes.
At a later period of the same Meeting, His Excellency a produced a letter from W. Caldwell, that, although the Land had been his and still stood in his name, he had no longer
described interest in it, having acted in the way above merely
any
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Avas a
agent for those who were interested.
His Excellency thion: declared in Council that he
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