19
since the beginning of 1902 has been at the rate of £200
or about $2,180 per annum.
4.
Taking query (c) first as it is
dealt with first in the evidence Inspector Brett gave
before the Commission, I have to observe that Inspector
Brett has in his letter of the 10th ultimo failed to make
any more satisfactory explanation of the state of his
wife's Savings Bank Account than he was able to offer the
Commissioners. He refers again to the Perkins Fund of £93.
But this sum was remitted to England on the 3rd of
October, 1904, while Mrs. Brett's Savings Bank Account was
not closed till the 13th of January, 1905. On the 9th of
January, 1905, $1,400 was transferred from it to Mr. Brett's
current account, and on the 13th of January, 1905,
$1,217.86 was transferred to the same account.
From Inspector Brett's account
with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank it appears that on the
first date he purchased a draft on the International Bank
at 4 months sight for £160 ($1,625.89) and on the second
date he drew a cheque for $1,348.09 for passages for his
wife and himself to England.
5.
With regard to queries (a) and
(b)