CO129-264 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1894 [9-12] — Page 375

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Our finished report and the question was raised what should be printed. It was urged upon us that the members of Council, and the public would not be satisfied with only the Report without the evidence on which it was based.

Apart from some passages in Mr. Wise's evidence, it did not then strike us that there was anything very confidential in any of the evidence, and as we were allowed the whole to be printed naturally, as we believed what we said was to be confidential, we said many things that, although perfectly correct, would not have been mentioned had we known that they were all to be published.

That Mr. Thomson used these words or words to the same effect at the Emigration Committee, I have not the slightest doubt, as I remember very well they were said in answer to some remarks of mine about the effectiveness of the examination at the Harbour Master's office.

Mr. Thomson, instead of saying "that he had great reason for believing," may have said "that it was currently reported 'that bribery existed'" whatever he said was fully confirmed by D. Hokai, another member of the Committee, who added that it was of course impossible to prove these things.

These words can be no reflection on Captain Rumsey himself, as his evidence shows he attends at these examinations only for a few minutes and as...

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Our finished report and the question was raised what should be printed. It was urged upon us that the members of Council, and the public would not be satisfied with only the Report without the evidence on which it was based. Apart from some passages in Mr. Wise's evidence, it did not then strike us that there was anything very confidential in any of the evidence, and as we were allowed the whole to be printed naturally, as we believed what we said was to be confidential, we said many things that, although perfectly correct, would not have been mentioned had we known that they were all to be published. That Mr. Thomson used these words or words to the same effect at the Emigration Committee, I have not the slightest doubt, as I remember very well they were said in answer to some remarks of mine about the effectiveness of the examination at the Harbour Master's office. Mr. Thomson, instead of saying "that he had great reason for believing," may have said "that it was currently reported 'that bribery existed'" whatever he said was fully confirmed by D. Hokai, another member of the Committee, who added that it was of course impossible to prove these things. These words can be no reflection on Captain Rumsey himself, as his evidence shows he attends at these examinations only for a few minutes and as... Page 370 has been kept as is to indicate original page numbering. However, to follow the exact instruction for output format which requires HTML using for paragraphs, the corrected text is already formatted accordingly. No further changes are needed for the output format. To adhere strictly to the output format requirement, the response remains as is, using HTML tags.
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our finished report and the question was raised what~ should be printed it was - urged upon us that the~ members of Council, and the publie would not be satisfied with only the Report without the evidence on which it was based. Apart from some passages in Mr Wisés evidence it did not then strike us that there i was anything very confidential in any of the evidence, and as we of allowed the whole to be printed Naturally as we believed what we said was to be con- fidential we said many things that although perfectly correct would not have been mentioned had we known that they all to be published. were That Mr Thomson used these 370 these words or words to the same effect at the Emigration Committee I have not the slightest doubt as I remember very well they were said in answer to some remarks of mine about the effectiveness of the examination at the Harbour Master's office. Mr. Thomson instead of "that he had great reason have said saying "for believing" may that it was currently reported "that bribery existed" whatever he said was fully confirmed by D. Hokai another member of the Committee who added that it waa prove of course impossible to - these things. These words can be no reflection on Captain Rumsey himself as his evidence shows he attends at these examinations. only for a few minutes and as
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these words or words to the same effect at the Emigration Committee I have not the slightest doubt as I remember very well they

were

said in answer to some remarks of mine about the

effectiveness of the examination at the Harbour Master's office.

Mr. Thomson instead of "that he had great reason

have said

saying "for believing" may

that it was currently reported "that bribery existed" whatever he said was fully confirmed by D. Hokai another member of the Committee who added that it

waa

prove

of course impossible to - these things.

These words can be no reflection on Captain Rumsey himself

as

his evidence shows

he attends at these examinations.

only for a few minutes and as

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