52
$17,500
a
months for months
only, with
permission to give notice at the end of the first
month
if
the Contract proved
unprofitable.
The 2nd Tender was
from
Lam Naw Lin who offered $12,000
a
month for
one
year.
The 3rd Tender was
from
You Shik and Chan Juk, who offered $12,500
a month for one year. The Tenders were opened
by the Acting Colonial Secretary and the Colonial Treasurer, who Considered them unsatisfactory, and reported to that
effect.
Enquiries
13.
583
were instituted, and
it was ascertained that the only bona fide tender was the first.
The other two came from persons, more or less connected with
the first Tenderer, the present
Opium Farmer.
The
Officer
Administering
the Government on
19th October
directed the Acting Colonial Secretary and Colonial Treasurer to Consider the whole question and report further. His Excellency stated in his minute that
Sir Tod had recommended
him not to lease the ...
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