# CONFIDENTIAL
Date: 26 Apr 1893
Last previous Paper: No. 8869
C.O. DESPATCH No. 615 of 8869
Received 29 MAY 93
Subject: Defalcations in Treasury
Report of Commission of Enquiry
7 pages, with evidence
Reference: VR & L 179-9714-894-19-20, 1660/%/97
Next subsequent Paper: No. 9280
(Minutes.)
Mr Fairfield: The final Report of the Commission of Enquiry, I think, deals adequately and conclusively with this case.
Alston, the Chief Clerk in the Treasury, embezzled in the five years 1888-92 nearly $63,000.
The circumstances which enabled him to do this were (i) that he had to receive money paid by Crown Tenants for Rent, which...