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heard the case will be pleased
page 56 of Report
During
the sifting of
the
) of Commission Commission appointed to enquire into the Expenditure of the Colony,
to Enquire into the
Expenditure of the
to
grant the relief sought for.
From the copies of
Enclosures
correspondence which accompany this appeal Your Lordship
Nos 1 to 8.
Colony
will
be made acquainted with the
course taken by
me in this matter
up to the present, a course which
has been prompted solely by a
desire to remove a slur cast upon
my
Department by
it was stated by the Chairman
that on
former
occasion it
had been stated by Mr Thomson,
who was
holding
at the time the
office of Registrar General, that "he had great reason for believing" that there was a
officer in
"corruption
the Government Service, which
reflects also on personally. Your Lordship has already been placed in possession of the leading facts of the case by His Excellency
the Governor, but I will ask
Your
Lordship to allow me briefly to reiterate these facts which
are as
follows:
"a good deal of"
on the part of
"men who were
passing Emigrant
"that they received heavy
in
bribes in
order to pass men who were
never
going
on board"
With Your Lordship's
permission I will explain that this passing of Emigrants refers
to the examination which takes
place, according to law, in order
During
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