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And if it is written would it be on record ?

1762

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If it was written it would probably be on record.

16 q:- Would you see if you can find out ?

1763

Hotel.

1764

Humphreys :- And this inspector Reidio is on leave ?

A: On leave.

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How long has he been on laave?

1766

A:- About two or three monthu.

176608- Do you connect his leave with the sumisign of this Comuni:- 1766

➡sion ?

A:-

1 have no reason for connecting it.

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Chairman 2-

1767

A:-

Mr Reidis sent on leavs in the usus way?

1767

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A:-

Quite in the umnal way. The procedure is I send round a cir- -cular and send up the list on the 15th December. I send up

the list to the Government stating the Officers who may be

taking love next year.

Who recrmarbled the firm Hun Hing ? Did anghely recommend

them ?

I cartin' say. I can turn up the 0.5, 0.

169 28- Very good, I wish you to do an.

Noted.

1))00:- I prasume he got the contract through making a favourable

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contract in the first place ?

1768

1769

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Ies, the usual procedure in that is the tine draws near I write up to the Government and ask for authority for these

contracts to be alvortised in thres issues of the Gazette

and the Chinese papers. At the same time I send up forma

of tender. These notifications are then published in the

Gazette and in the Chinese papers. The usual procedure then is for the tenlers to be sent up to the Qolonial Jepretary's

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