CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5] — Page 244

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this knowledge he deliberately makes

the statement now under comment,

fais informce may

value of any

a

be drawn of the statement that he mattes.

I would mention abs that Mr Murad

repeatedly avowed in public that he

was

always ready to publish any

runnor,

merely to client the truth, a

fact which,

I above,

Can

Avo

well

Ao

Those detailed

be corroborated by Sibt.

Robinison, Mr. Mercer, and...

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branches of the Profefsion in this Colony,

well

pradising

Ato

a Soliciter

such,

was instructed

a

Barrister, and

to

apply

في أمركي

to the Government for Licenses

to conduct Lotteries and other Chinese Coumbling went under proper surveillans, and applied to Si bf Rebrison, the then Governor, The subject. The

Governor consed enquiries to be made

and the matter

orher

many

Official and former residents in this

Colamy.

With re

regard to the first portion

of Paragraph 8, it has this much to support it. I was, under the Ordinance ition in force amalgamating the two

fully and freely

amongit

ahen

enquiries

discufed, and, made at the instigation of the Cover- ment, I applied to the principal Chinese Land holders and House owners

then in the Colony to aceitam their

views on the matter, and

Wa

me to the Government, where

reported by

was

but