CO129-020 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [5-8] — Page 239

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Land office, 3rd July, 1047.

Ideem it

Sir,

my

deedy

to inform

for

some

Chinese.

that reports have been current,

you,

time

done

e past; that

are in the

Servants of the Stovesment habit of exterting money from their an Countrymen on false pretences; in fact

be said that these practices

it may the topic of

are

commen conversation, coupled

with insinuations that they are known

it

and winked at by those whose duty is to check them ; In particular Steg

to draw.

& your

of Wei. Afoon,

attention to the allegations

the Gerente

Overseer

o

Central Market, who stated yesterday in

your presence that monthly he

Chas. Ist Gee Cleverly, Cape

Surveyor General,

Acting Colonial Breasurer.

e pays

the