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Governor. No.
ming
Date.
1890
262
Hong Kong
No.
Office of
17270
(Subject.)
633
DESPATCH.
17270
REC'd 1 SEP
Treasurer & Postmaster.
20 July Defalcation use of Balances
30 July
Last previous Paper.
A 6669
Aus 194.11 Sep.
Extract filed. A.O.
further
Next subsequent Paper.
17271
They should no longer be combined. The Postmaster General should be separated from Treasurer with separate accounts and separate Reports.
I have suspended him from duty pending enquiry. (Minutes.)
later
A M. Meade
It will be convenient to consider the questions raised in the other paper (17271) regarding the combination of the offices of Treasurer, Postmaster General & Collector of Stamp Revenue. But I will first minute this paper.
The points to be considered are (1) the modus operandi of the defalcations (2) the question whether W. Traver (who was strongly recommended for the post of P.M.-G.) ought, on account of the defalcations having taken place while he was Acting P.M.G., to be regarded as unfit for immediate promotion.
The modus operandi of the defalcations is fully explained