CO129-010 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843 — Page 737

Sir,

Victoria,

Houghing, April 32 1846/1.

the

In returning to you accompanying Roudings of a trial

held

you

certain Horse Breakers at

Chuck Chro and their accomplices, with the opinions and sentences of His Excellency the lovernor on some

on some of the parties, I am desired to request that will instruck the Assistant to the Chief Magistrate in the Chinck Department, to ascertain and report through you under whose authority, Fong Afee has set himself up in this Harbour as a Head Salt Weigher and how long he has been acting as such,

The Governor observes that the said tong Afei states in his examination on the 15th of last month

that

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that no one sells Salt until it is weighed, that there it no other weighing,

Establishment here but his, that he does not record the names

of the

nam

Captains of Junks who deal with hind, and that he is ignorant of the of the Captain (and apparently of that of the vessel too) of the Junk out of which a part of the stolen Roperty and two of the Thieves were recovered.

The Governor considers that

person of the class of Tong Afei ist a much more dangerous member of Society than

even a common Theef

and as it cannot for

be supposed that

one moment.

any Salt Junk could

have entered this Harbour and remains

at anchor

mear

his

even

for an hour without his perfect cognizance, he is to be informed that unless he gives the

fullest