The written documents now before me, taken together, with the final evidence, clearly prove this fact, "that the parties accused by Mr. William Tarrant of extortion, have been in the habit, and some of them are still receiving money from the Central Market, but these documents also prove that these parties were and are entitled to such moneys, as part proprietors of such market." There are no laws or regulations in Hongkong which prohibit Chinese servants in the employ of Government from acquiring shares of property in Markets. I am also of opinion that Mr. Tarrant's evidence is of such a nature as tends to show that he is not a fit and proper person to continue in Her Majesty's service. He has been in possession of the rumours, and had taken part in the conversations alluded to by him in his letter, and upon which he bases his charges for eight or nine months, and although he has had frequent opportunities of communicating these rumours and conversations, coupled with insinuations that the practices he complains of were winked at by those whose duty it is to check them, to the authorities, or even to the gentleman at the head of the Department to which Mr. Tarrant belongs, Mr. Tarrant concealed, and did not communicate the same until the time he made his charges against the Chinese servants of Government. His letter preferring these charges, and addressed to Charles St. George Cheverly, Esquire, Surveyor General, is dated 3rd July, 1847. Mr. Tarrant's long silence upon a subject of such grave importance is noteworthy.
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"of extortion, have been in the habit, and " some of them are still
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regulations
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his charges for eight or nine months,
and
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gentleman at the head of the Department to which Mr. Tarant-
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les St. Georges Cheverly, Eequire), Surveyor Loneral, is dated 3rd July, 1847. Mr. Tarrant's long)
subject of such grave
silence upon & Au
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