38.
did when personally interrogated by Mr Rennie.
I have never denied having received
the various monies viz:
for
Four Licenses @ $200. $800 and
Balance of One Do ... $100.
100.
Making
a total of $900.
(instead of 1,000 as named in
as
Your Seller.
being due the Treasury) and I;
I furthermore respectfully beg again to assert that the
whole of those monies were handed over by
me to the late Clerk Newman at his express
desire - those Accounts as well as other
Emigration business and Estates of Deceased Seamen being solely left in charge of by him; Under these circumstances I think you will see the unjustness of your
Call upon
me
for the aforesaid
aforesaid monies.
312
During my absence in England on sick
leave Mr Newman was appointed my
in Office (the reason why or wherefore having been
explained
to
Senior
Never
me save that such
step having been deliberately sanctioned
by the late Governor Sir John Bowring, His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson our
present Governor felt disinclined to nullify
the arrangement) I deemed it my duty to bend to his authority-
Tonching the question of the non-production of receipts for the aforesaid amounts paid into Mr Newman's hands
I beg deferentially to state, that during
the entire
period of my service in The Harbor Master's Department, I never
never
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did when personally interrogated by Mr Rennie.
I have never denies having received
the various monies wigt:
for
Four Licenses
@ $ 200. $800 and
Balance of One
Do
100.
100.
Making
a total of $900.
(instead of 1,000 as named in
as
Your Seller.
being due the Freasury) and I ;
I furthermore respectfully beg again to assert that the
whole of those monies were handed over by
me to the late citz Newman at his express
desire - those Accounts as well as other
-
Emigration business and Estates of Deceased Seamen being solely laten charge of by him; Under these circumstances I think you will see the unjustness of you
Call upon
me
e for the aforesaid
aforesaid monies.
312
During my absence in England on tick
leave Mr Newman was appointed my
in Office (the reason why or wherefore having been
a
explained
to
Senior
Never
me save that such
step having been deliberately sanctioned
by the late Governor Sir John Bowring, His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson our
nullify
present Governor felt disinclined to notify the arrangement ) I deemed it my duty to bend to his authority-
Fonching the question of the non- production of receipts for the aforesaid amounts paix into Mr Newman's hands
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I beg deferentially to state, that during
the entire
• period of my service in The Harbor Master's Department, I neve
never
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