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would be quite able to identify the man who carried the letter. to him, the personal description given to me
being in every way possible .
as exact
ad
Prisoner Gray also on
| being interrogated admitted that Charlsson had conveyed the said
letter out of the Gave.
As to the consideration
of prosecuting
this
Piarlsson.
I leave that entirely for His
Excellency to judge.
I shoula however
remind His Excellency that this is
only
one authenticated instance
of the corruption going
and of
as the
personnel of the Gaol service. Her
man obfacred his present
on the strength of the
employment
good character which I was
on his
compelled to give in the absence of my cutry to the contrary defaciter's sheet, I thunk it would be only fair to his present employers, the Chinese Maritime Customs, to
let them know what standard
tronger is acted up to
bry
of
this
man who I believe only left the
Gave service because he felt that
affairs were
getting too hot for his safe confuiuiance in that service.
I have &c.
(Signed) A. M. Thomson.
Acting exterintendent.
on at the
year
ar which was
A
on: H. M. Scave, curs.
last current topic of rumour in the
and I have
Colony;
every
re avorr
to believe that a prosecution with
ever
only
a nominal penalty
would have a
good effect on the
personnel.
Act. Colonial Secretary-