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26.

Vault attended; a packet

was

produced by the

10! Shroff of the Treasury stated by him to be ~

$15,000 in notes,

and

without

any examination, it

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and it

amount. This amount was taken over

held that of 19.771-79¢ was

the total

by the pot.

Shroffs

and it is certain that he

accepted

it as

was

placed in the Public Nault, as it happened there

was no money in the Vault at that time. On the

141 of October, in obedience to

in obedience to a Warrant, the same

Officers assembled to withdraw the $15,000 from the Nault, in order to be applied to the monthly payments to Government Deportiments, the before mentioned

taken from the Vault by the pet Shroff,

packet

was

and remained in his hands there after.

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It occurred, that immediately subsequent to the withdrawal of the packet of notes, that the held the Treasury Chest quarterly Survey of there being therein at that time, in addition to the packet of # 15,000, a sum of $4,771. 199

The Survey

was conduded in the usual manner;

being that sum. And he had the best reason to Venow

if it

who correct, because his hands alone had

was

actually counted the notes, forming $18000 of the amount. Payments

with his own

were made

hands during

received, also with his

the

by the 10! Shroff

day, and monies

own hands, amounting to-

$1,999. 20, which, with the exception of live or

t

three dollars, was all in notes. At the close of the bashier called upon the 12! Shroff to

day

totals. This was done, and

both totals

the

Compare

agreed, From these it appeared that a balance of #9258.15. shined be in the chest. This balance however, not convited. On this point the Ps! Shroff says, that his invariable habit

was to count the

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