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Cheur Foo the full sum of $44.20 due on the
Account of Wages signed by the Master of the
S. S. "Cranley" and presented by the said
Cheuk Foo:
(e) That Your Petitioner had habitually unlawfully
deducted odd cents from the wages of crews when
Your Petitioner had paid them off:
(a) That Your Petitioner had habitually unlawfully
substituted silver dollars short in value
and/or subsidiary silver coins for the bank
notes received by Your Petitioner from the
Masters of Ships for the purpose of paying off
the crews of Ships, thereby making an illicit
profit for himself:
(e) That Your Petitioner had habitually unlawfully
deducted from the wages of crews being paid off
loans made to members of such crews whether by
Boarding House Masters or others, and had
charged a commission to the lenders for so
doing.
On the 30th November 1906 Your Petitioner forwarded to
the Colonial Secretary his Answer to the charges constituting
the grounds upon which His Excellency the Governor had intimated
ed his intention to suspend Your Petitioner from the exercise
of Your Petitioner's office.
A copy of Your Petitioner's said Answer is hereunto
annexed and is marked "A".
On the 17th December 1906 Your Petitioner was informed
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