CO129-276 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [6-8] — Page 344

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ascertain when and how it had been pledged.

11.

In the meantime I made a cursory examination of the papers I had retained on my private possession and having selected what appeared to be the most important of them I passed them to Mr Brew, the Inspector of Schools to translate them for me.

I may mention that the brief examination I had made had revealed... Chinese Police only.

a further examination was in hopes therefore that it would not disclose Europeans.

At the same time, I remarked with myself that it was best to treat no charge against his honesty that had reached me at all. If he were really guilty I felt sure that he would commit himself still further.

On the 27th as I had received no report from Deputy Superintendent Hanton I wrote him a Memorandum casting for a report as to what progress he had made and I attach copy of his reply. (Enclosure E).

As I had not seen a man named Ise Lening, I informed Superintendent Hanton...

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ascertain when and how it had been pledged.

11.

In the meantime I made a cursory examination of the papers I had retained on my private possession and having selected what appeared to be the most important of them I passed them to Mr Brew, the Inspector of Schools to translate them for me.

I may mention that the brief examination I had made had revealed... Chinese Police only.

a further examination was in hopes therefore that it would not disclose Europeans.

At the same time, I remarked with myself that it was best to treat no charge against his honesty that had reached me at all. If he were really guilty I felt sure that he would commit himself still further.

On the 27th as I had received no report from Deputy Superintendent Hanton I wrote him a Memorandum casting for a report as to what progress he had made and I attach copy of his reply. (Enclosure E).

As I had not seen a man named Ise Lening, I informed Superintendent Hanton...

Page 343

220

120

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ascertain when and how it had been pledged. 11. In the meantime I made a cursory examination of the papers I had retained on my private possession and having selected what appeared to be the most important of them I passed them to Mr Brew, the Inspector of Schools to translate them for me. I may mention that the brief examination I had made had revealed... Chinese Police only. a further examination was in hopes therefore that it would not disclose Europeans. At the same time, I remarked with myself that it was best to treat no charge against his honesty that had reached me at all. If he were really guilty I felt sure that he would commit himself still further. On the 27th as I had received no report from Deputy Superintendent Hanton I wrote him a Memorandum casting for a report as to what progress he had made and I attach copy of his reply. (Enclosure E). As I had not seen a man named Ise Lening, I informed Superintendent Hanton... Page 343 220 120 ... However, to follow the exact format requested (HTML using for paragraphs), here is the revised output without the extra "..." line and with proper handling of the page numbering and other OCR issues: ascertain when and how it had been pledged. 11. In the meantime I made a cursory examination of the papers I had retained on my private possession and having selected what appeared to be the most important of them I passed them to Mr Brew, the Inspector of Schools to translate them for me. I may mention that the brief examination I had made had revealed... Chinese Police only. a further examination was in hopes therefore that it would not disclose Europeans. At the same time, I remarked with myself that it was best to treat no charge against his honesty that had reached me at all. If he were really guilty I felt sure that he would commit himself still further. On the 27th as I had received no report from Deputy Superintendent Hanton I wrote him a Memorandum casting for a report as to what progress he had made and I attach copy of his reply. (Enclosure E). As I had not seen a man named Ise Lening, I informed Superintendent Hanton... Page 343 220 120
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ascertain when and how it had

bun pledged.

11.

In the meantime I

made a

Cursory tamina-

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