CO129-174 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [4-8] — Page 19

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who coloured the bag contrived to conjure them out of it unopened and so stole them.

Had the letters remained in this office they must have been found. The probabilities of Mr. Siria's stealing may be left out of the question; and besides the extreme unlikelihood that the Coolie took them, it is singular that never under any circumstances, have registered letters disappeared in this way before. Such a case is indeed unique.

It has sometimes happened that errors have been made in the list of retired letters, so that an Officer advised of the forwarding of four found only three, or formed five! But on enquiry, such errors have always been found to be clerical, the letters themselves being invariably all right. Their disappearance altogether is a thing unheard of, at least in the history of this office.

Had the Manila Office taken a dignified position in the matter however, and said plainly from the first that the Registered letters were not received (a circumstance to which any other office would instantly have called attention) in...

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18 who coloured the bag contrived to conjure them out of it unopened and so stole them. Had the letters remained in this office they must have been found. The probabilities of Mr. Siria's stealing may be left out of the question; and besides the extreme unlikelihood that the Coolie took them, it is singular that never under any circumstances, have registered letters disappeared in this way before. Such a case is indeed unique. It has sometimes happened that errors have been made in the list of retired letters, so that an Officer advised of the forwarding of four found only three, or formed five! But on enquiry, such errors have always been found to be clerical, the letters themselves being invariably all right. Their disappearance altogether is a thing unheard of, at least in the history of this office. Had the Manila Office taken a dignified position in the matter however, and said plainly from the first that the Registered letters were not received (a circumstance to which any other office would instantly have called attention) in...
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18 who clored the bag contrived to conjure them out of it unobrewed and so etole them. Had the letters remanied in this office they must have been found. the probabilities of M. Siria's stealing may be left out of the question; theme and besides the Extreme unlikelihood that the Coolie look them, it it singular that never under any circumstances, have registered letters disappeared in this way before of succe a case Indeed I may say that such of the vanishing of Registered correspondence is unique. It has sometimes happened that errors have been made in the list of re tired letters, so that an Officer retired advised of the forwarding of four found only or formed five ! But on Enguery three, or etere errors have always been found to be clerical, the letters themselves being invariably all right. Their disappearance allogether is a thing, unheard of, at least in the history of this office. a Had the Manila Office taken a dignified position in the watter however, and eaid plainly from the first that the Registered letters were not received / a circumstance la to which any other office would instantly have called accention) in
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who clored the bag contrived to conjure them out of it unobrewed and so etole

them.

Had the letters remanied in this

office they must have been found. the probabilities of M. Siria's stealing may be left out of the question;

theme

and besides the Extreme unlikelihood

that the Coolie look them, it it singular that never under any circumstances, have registered letters disappeared in this way before

of succe

a case

Indeed I may say that such

of the vanishing of Registered correspondence is unique.

It has

sometimes happened that errors have

been made in the list of re tired

letters, so that an

Officer

retired

advised

of

the forwarding of four found only

or formed five !

But on Enguery

three, or

etere errors have always been found

to be clerical, the letters themselves

being invariably all right. Their disappearance allogether is a thing, unheard of, at least in the history of this office.

a

Had the Manila Office taken a dignified position in the watter however, and eaid plainly from the first that the Registered letters

were not received / a circumstance

la to which any other office would instantly have called accention) in

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