Land
Missa
London
8th July 1872
Son Packandfums Man Connel
b
Rems. LCB
R.G. M. Herbert.
Under Sect. of State
Ths. Jethroy Rice. Hriskany
Police.
Evidence given by
previous position.
as the
Inconsistent with report
by Col. Hemenom - p.
Metrop". Police
2. Enditures
Hongkong Mice Commission.
- from Minutes
Extract from
Memorandum...
Jr S. F. Rice
287
I find from the Now. The Acting Colonial Secretary: (6.6. Smith) that du Rice's Adictous as given by himself & the Shauki Wan Commistion was
by any
hot reduced & w
writing
Member
of that
Commission, & no record of it remains. The following, hawever,
is what the Con. C. May, that Commission, said of it before
ул The Police Enquiry Commission;
Member
of
March. 16. 1872
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The Iron. C. May, states. Ins Rise was examined in the
Shan. Hi Naw case. I myself failed to find out that he had ever been attached & any Blice Service.
The account he gave
was a very hady almost certain di Rice was never in the Metropolitan Police as a member of it. I do not know such special officers attached to the Mchopolitan Police as In Rice describes himself to have been. never heard before of a tuperintendent attached to the ecome Ceretary's Office. Mr Rice does not seem t have been attached & any Police to for learn.
February. 16. 1872
Thomas Fitzroy Rice, dales.
(Police) experience
a-o
of any
I can
I have had Conerderable in London & other plants of lengland- I commenced by Seubles carcer as a Commuctioned. Officer
The Cavalry, after 18 months & resigned, & tent & Auxhalia. I axxisted Commandant Bottinger
and Iafterwards Commanded the
m
m
argamiting, and a unter Police of the Bretoria Gold event. I cannot
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