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preferred by the Local Auditor, of Mr. Tang Fuk's reply
thereto, of a statement by the Local Auditor in support of
the charges which was duly communicated to Mr. Tang Fuk be-
Enclosure.
Enclosure 2. Eme losure 3.
Enclosure. 4.
-fore his trial by the Council, and of the minutes of the
Meeting of the Executive Council held on the 10th. instant,
at which it was recommended that Mr. Tang Fuk should be
suspended from office. The statement made by Mr. Tang Fuk
before the Council disclosed the facts that he was exten-
-sively engaged in money lending business and had also
been an habitue of Chinese gambling clubs.
the Counsail of which
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I concur in the recommendation of
which I have to ask your approval and confirmation with
effect as from 11th. instant.
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The Shroff, Mr. Ch'an Sam,
who is a relative of Mr. Tang Fuk, and without whose know-
-ledge it is difficult to believe that the $50
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the sub-
-ject of the charge against Mr. Tang Fuk
could have been
retained by the latter, was charged with embezzlement of
certain other sums which were not brought to account and
paid into the Bank when they should have been. But after
careful consideration of the case the criminal charge was,
on the advice of the Crown Solicitor, withdrawn, and I
dismissed Ch'an Sam for gross carelessness, incompetency,
and