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a certain date, which was accordingly done. After the cessation of the allowances, however, a small number of South China coolies arrived, and the Registrar General and his subordinates applied for a further half month's allowance, which was prompty paid, as a matter of course. I was instructed to continue the extra duties on behalf of the Transvaal Government, without remuneration, and did so for a further period of 22 months, and my repeated applica- -tions for a continuance of the allowance were disregarded, being pigeonholed by Sir Henry May, and it was not until 1910, after the Transvaal Government had ceased to exist, that I succeeded in get- -ting my application forwarded, by which time it was pronounced to be too late.
8. I must now return to the time when Sir Henry May acted as Governor for the first time, after the departure from the Colony of Sir Henry Blake. It was, I think, early in 1904, that charges were brought against the 1st Clerk, Harbour Office, alle- -ging certain irregularities against him in connection with his performance of his duties as Emigration clerk. I was acting as Harbour Vaster at the time, and as I did not believe that there was any truth in the charges, and as some of them reflected upon my conduct of the Department, I assumed all responsibility for the actions complained of. I may mention that I, as head of the Dep- -artment, was not consulted or referred to in any way before the charges were formulated. An investigation of the charges by the Executive Council was ordered, and I and Mr Alves (the clerk con- -cerned) were ordered to attend, when, no evidence, apparently, being forthcoming in support of the charges, they were withdrawn. Very shortly afterwards, Mr Alves applied for, and was granted, his pension from the Colonial service, in which he had been for some 38 years, feeling that he could no longer serve after such a slur had been cast upon his character.
9. To fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr Alves, another Portuguese, Mr Botelho, a thoroughly trustworthy and capable man, was promoted to 1st clerk, and the 2nd clerk, Mr Guterres was converted into 1st clerk Mercantile Marine Office. Both of these officers had been in the Department for more than 30 years, and were unusually efficient and well up in their duty. A Chinese clerk, Mr Chan Pui, was sent from the Treasury as 2nd
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