CO129-124 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [8-9] — Page 190

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"His Excellency then invites the Council to a consideration of the correspondence between the Colonial Secretary and Mr. Hazeland, the Crown Solicitor, arising from Mr. Hazeland having retained in his hands £1000, a large sum of money received by him on account of this Government in September 1866.

"His Excellency reads the correspondence and points out that, not merely did Mr. Hazeland retain that large sum of money for a considerable period, but that when the Treasurer, being desired by the Governor to make inquiry on the subject, had applied to him, he sent a cheque for $1,000 instead of £1,000, apparently taking his chance of its being discovered; it being subsequently discovered that he had received the larger amount, whilst he described the sum in his reply to the Treasurer of the 20th October 1866 as 'the amount forfeited by "Messrs" Augustine Heard & Co through breach of the Emigration Agent's conditions.'

"Mr. Hazeland's defence amounted to nothing, because the forfeiture of a Bond for £1000 was subject to very unusual conditions.

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"His Excellency then invites the Council to a consideration of the correspondence between the Colonial Secretary and Mr. Hazeland, the Crown Solicitor, arising from Mr. Hazeland having retained in his hands £1000, a large sum of money received by him on account of this Government in September 1866. "His Excellency reads the correspondence and points out that, not merely did Mr. Hazeland retain that large sum of money for a considerable period, but that when the Treasurer, being desired by the Governor to make inquiry on the subject, had applied to him, he sent a cheque for $1,000 instead of £1,000, apparently taking his chance of its being discovered; it being subsequently discovered that he had received the larger amount, whilst he described the sum in his reply to the Treasurer of the 20th October 1866 as 'the amount forfeited by "Messrs" Augustine Heard & Co through breach of the Emigration Agent's conditions.' "Mr. Hazeland's defence amounted to nothing, because the forfeiture of a Bond for £1000 was subject to very unusual conditions.
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"His Excellency then invites the

Cancil to

a

carsiduation of

له

correspondence between the Colonial

Secretary and Mr Hazeland, the Crown Soliciter, arising from Mr. Hazeland having retained in his

hands

£1000

a

Qum/

large received by him

of money, viz:-

an account.

of this Govnmaent in Septemb a 1866

"This Excellency

reads the

correspondence and points out that Gesuntay,

not merely did Mr. Wazeland)

retain that large

for

a

survi

letter

26 January 1887. csoners of 1887

CA

Col Secretary

of money let surting

but that

considerable period, but stas

when the Treasurer being desired by the Governor to maste inquiry on the subject, had applied to

of

30 January 1867.

183

him by mistake for payment of

$1,000 instead of £1,000, he sent

a

cheque for the former sun, apparently tasking

his chance of

its bring discovered subsequently that he had received the larger

amount, whilst he described the

sun in his reply to

smaller sum

the Treasurer of the 20th October

j

1866_" as the amount forfeited by "Mess?" Augustine Heard & Co "through breach of the Emigration

“AN, 19

"Mr Hazelands defined

amounted to nothing, because the forfeiture of a Bond for £1000 subject very unusual and,

was

a

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