his trial at the Criminal Sessions

and that therefore the sentence

of

banishment, in his case,

had

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whose pay

was $156... far

a sum of

was able to deposit

$1,000 and to give collateral

not been carried out. The charge

on which this man was committed

was

that

of feloniously demanding

with menaces. He was

monetary liberation

bail, and has since

disappeared from the Colony and

his recognizances have been

forfeited.

A most significant fact, to which

I would beg respectfully to call

attention, is that this constable,

whose

security

was

a further

7... frm

in all equal to more than 12 years'

pay.

This will give some idea

of

the profits derived by the Frind Society from the irregular levying

of taxes on

Emigrants and Immigrants

and other modes of extortion practised by it

Enclosure 1. 7th June, 1886.

I annex

report

from the Captain Superintendent

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