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Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter No. 5670/10 of the 9th. instant and to
append the following remarks thereon, as directed.
2.
Paragraph 3 of His Excellency's minute.
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I beg respectfully to point out, in view of His Excellency's
comment, "He does not appear to have made any personal enquiri-
-aa, oʻr taken any steps to ascertain whether the recent charges
by Mr. Percebois and Messrs. Osborne and Messor had any foundaTM*
➡tion in fact", that I mede most searching enquiry, more
especially as to the shroff collecting money, and was assured
that he collected none, as per my order. That this was the case
is, I submit, borne out by the report of Messrs. Osborne and
Messer, where they mention the fact that I particularly refered
to the new scheme of collecting all fees in this office, the
shroff not going out to collect, and that I said it was working
smoothly and well. This I mentioned in the presence of the Chine
clerks concerned, and they corroborated my statement. Purther
on His Excellency says "He continued to use prohibited forma".
I submit that I never received any instructiena prohibiting any
forms. Mr. Messer personally advised me to add separate receipt
forms, and I then and there, in his presence, gave instructions
te Mr. Chan Pul and another Chinese clerk as te ordering such
forms, and as to sending out bill already signod. Then His Excel-
-lency says "His shroff, it appears, retained public moneys
for several days together". I respectfully submit that there is
no evidence to this effect, and I am persuaded that he did not
do so. The money with which he decamped was collected on Friday
and Saturday, the 21st. and 22nd. October, and he was not
soon again after the forenoon of the latter dato. I can find
no evidence that he had retained other nonies, on previous
occasions longer than from the time of collection to that of the
next paying into the bank, which always took place every other
day.