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the matter of the abstraction of # 3- 480 from the Colonial Treasury as reported by

me on

say

4.0

the 2nd and 4th ultimo : I mely

that

my

Mis interpreted

Rilence may not be

as I have

every

renom

to believe

that the sum unaccounted for by the

time Shroffs will be

will be refunded by them

and their Sureties.

I shall, at present, abstain from replying further to your letter Ne 754 of the 29th October as I have had opportunity as yet of perusing the evidence and Report forwarded to this Excellency

by

the Committee appointed

to

investigate

the recent Treasury defalcation.

I have ten,

(Signed) Freak Forth

(Free-copy)

MAAlexande Acting Colonial Secretain

(Copy)

شما

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Government Offices.

Họng trong 1 (December, 1962

The Acting Colonial Secretary,

The Colonial Treasurer,

And

The Auditor General,

in the absence of the

Surveyor Generel.

I direct that a Survey of

the Treasury Chest be made by the

above-mentioned

and

Officers

they will also re

amount abstractid

this

report

day- whether the

from

the Treasury

on the 1a! October last has been

refunded.

A