CO129-111 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [1-2] — Page 378

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to fly to Macao, the Opium ship fand maily empty and the Banker consequently lest vay heavily.

Rustonjer (for whose defence I was

like wise retained

the Supreme

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Consel.) was turd at Causelja

Count and sentenced le Iew

gears Ponal Servitude. We persists in

that the whole value of the

declaring the

missing Opium

MAJ

lost in un

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fortunate

but bona fide commercial operations, but all attempts to arrive at a statement of his affairs and to trace the money from his

Books which

are

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stept in sfindustani or

Ghuzeratie have totally failed

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exciteïnent prevailed in the

Colony at the time of the trial of thise

lue Prisoves it being suspected that

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they had boch participated in the plumîn

and

are pressessed large

of reach, but as far

le discover there is

of money

out

as I have been able

there is nothing whation

beyond suspicion to lead to such a conclusien, and I entertain the opinion that having regard be all the oricumstances Mr Hanford's Petition is entitled. It favorable consideration, I have to

(signed) Julian Pannaefole, Acting Attorney Generals,

(Der Copyz)) MAlexan

and

Acting Colonial Secretory