Enclosure 2.
COPY
REC?
5049
REGE 6 MAR 96)
Central Police Station.
27th. January,1896.
173
sir,
I have the honour to report that in June
1894 Mr. May, Captain Supt. of Police, asked me to report upon
a telegram which he received through the Colonial Secretary
here from the Premier of Melbourne (C. S.0.1506,1894) stating
that a Chinaman or a Chinese firm in this Colony named
"Qcong Ah Mouy "had shipped a large quantity of counterfeit
shillings per S. S. "Chingtu" which sailed from here on the
16th. May and arrived at Melbourne on the 11th. June, 1894,
and that the counterfeit shillings aiscovered in Melbourne
were alleged to have been minted in HongKong. From enquiries
Land
I instituted,I find there no such firm as "Quong Ah Mouy"
Ling existed in HongKong, the nearest approach of the name of a
firm was "Kwan Wo Lung",100,Wing Lok Street. This fir.
shipped 1013 packages of general merchandise by the S. S.
"Chingtu" on that particular voyage, but the firm being a
respectable anu old established one there was no suspicion
attached.
In my report I also mentioned that as far as
ing
I knew there was no illicit „int of any kind existed in
this Colony,but I said that
The Hon. W. C. H. HastingsR. N.
counterfeit coins of all kinds
were
Acting Captain Supt. of Police.