CO129-246 - Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [8-9] — Page 802

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to ask Mr Boulton what

was the probable amount of

honorarium he expected

to receive in connection

with the services rendered

by him in regard to the proposed Canton and

Kowloon Railway.

In reply I received

a communication through

the Surveyor General, copy

of which I enclose.

As Mr. Boulton

declines to give

the information

Enclosure 26th September

797

information asked of him, I hesitate in recommending

the application I forwarded

for the

favourable consideration

of Your Lordship.

It is

very necessary

that public confidence

should exist respecting the transactions of officers

connected with the

Surveyor General's Department, & and this is not likely to be increased by clandestine arrangements such as the

one

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to ask Mr Boulton what was the probable amount of honorarium he expected to receive in connection with the services rendered by him in regard to the proposed Canton and Kowloon Railway. In reply I received a communication through the Surveyor General, copy of which I enclose. As Mr. Boulton declines to give the information Enclosure 26th September 797 information asked of him, I hesitate in recommending the application I forwarded for the favourable consideration of Your Lordship. It is very necessary that public confidence should exist respecting the transactions of officers connected with the Surveyor General's Department, & and this is not likely to be increased by clandestine arrangements such as the one
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to ask Mr Boulton what was the probable amount of honorarium he expected to receive in connection with the services rendered by him in regard to the proposed Canton and Kowloon Railway. In reply I received a communication through the Surveyor General, copy which I enclose. As Mr. Boulton declines to give the information Enclosure 26th Septembe Tiggo. 797 information asked of him, I hesitate in recommending the application I forwarded for the the 3. favourable consideration of Your Lordship. It is very necessary that public confidence should exist respecting the transactions of officers connected with the Surveyor General's Department, & and this is not likely to be increased by clandestine arrangements such as the one
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to ask Mr Boulton what

was the probable amount of

honorarium he expected

to receive in connection

with the services rendered

by him in regard to the proposed Canton and

Kowloon Railway.

In reply I received

a communication through

the Surveyor General, copy

which I enclose.

As Mr. Boulton

declines to give

the information

Enclosure 26th Septembe

Tiggo.

797

information asked of him, I hesitate in recommending

the application I forwarded

for the

the

3.

favourable consideration

of Your Lordship.

It is

very necessary

that public confidence

should exist respecting the transactions of officers

connected with the

Surveyor General's Department, & and this is not likely to be increased by clandestine arrangements such as the

one

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