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Superintendent of Police to Colonial Secretary.
N£95
(Copy)
Police Department,
Victoria, Honghong
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277 August, 1862.
Sir,
In reply to
your
letter No.562
of yesterday's date
requiring information
as to the detention of Opium belonging
to Mt Sherard on
board the Ship
"Tropic", I beg leave to explain for the information of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government tiral since the Police have taken charge of that vessel, considerable expenses have
been incurred, in
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ships disbursements for wages and provisions to seamen, necessary for the care and security of the Ship, also in the detention of the berate and Clerk whose evidence cus
of the utmost importance on the part of the prosecution of AWt. Stanford, the accounts of those expenses are -- in the hands of the Allomey. General
With reference to those expensed
the Allomey General instructed
me
oir
r w
account to deliver
goods until the parties should
agree to pay.
their proportion
the Mercantile
of such cxpenses
Bank and Mr. Colah agreed