the statement made in the
Annual Report of the Captain Superintendent of Volice respecting growing power of the Secret
the
Friad Society. After
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some time.
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the Acting Registrar-General (Mr. Lockhart) reported to me that the enquiries he had made led him to believe that the subject too serious and important to be dealt with by him alone, and he suggested that I should
appoint
a Committee to make full enquiries and report. Accordingly. I appointed
on
on the 9th ultimo, a Committee
consisting of
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WM Deane, Eg, Captain Superintendent.
Police, (Chairman).
Major-General Gordon, Superintendent
of the Gaol.
NG.Mitchell- Innes, Esq., Acting Police
Magistrate.
J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Esq., doting Protector-
of Chinese.
Dr. Hokai, Justice of the Peace Wei YuK, Esq.,
Ú Lin Un, Esq.,
de
do
The Committee are still pursuing_
their
enquiries,
and I
am
informed
the
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