N°
150.
C.O
34023
HES 11 JUL '8
326
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 21st. May, 1918.
Sir,
I have the honour to report that in March
last Mr. Edwards, whose appointment to be Storekeeper and
Accountant at the Government Civil Hospital was notified in
Sar
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the enclosure to my Despatch No. 269 of the 15th. August, 1917, absented himself from his duties when it was discovered that
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the following shortages existed in bis accounts:-
1.
Revenue......................... .$102.16
2.
Advance account.
643.15
3.
Patients' deposits.. 467.82
4.
Pay lists.....
104.85
Total....1,317.98.
Against this sum has to be placed
Salary for March...........841.35
Half contributions to
Widows & Orphans Fund..151,18
$192.53
leaving a net deficit of 1,125.58.
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Mr Edwards was found by the Police
wandering at Kowloon. He was arrested and charged before the
Police Magistrate with embezzlement. He was in a condition of
intense mental distress, and it transpired that he had been induced to appropriate the money owing to debts incurred by
foolishly giving pecuniary assistance to friends.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
WALTER LONG, M.P.,
&c.,
ac..
&c...
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