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fessions were made must be borne in mind.

When the old detective staff was dismissed and

banished Au Hing ran away from the Colony. Afterwards he ap-

proached me through friends of his in the Colony as to whether

he could be allowed to return to the Force as he had a large

family and was poor.

I saw an opportunity of obtaining useful in-

formation and I had him brought to me and he then made the

statement forming enclosure V in my Confidential Report of

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the 27th.July, 1897,

Subsequently I obtained the sanction of the

Government not to take proceedings against him under the ba-

nishment warrant which had been issued against him. After that

he gave important evidence against Stanton, Quincey, and Baker

and since then he has been instrumental in getting some of

the further evidence which is now in His Excellency's hands

of corrupt practices on the parts of Stanton and Quincey.

Although no promise was held out by me to Au

Hing of re-instatement in the Force, if he turned Queen's evi-

dence, he was as a matter of fact allowed to resume his duties

and there is no doubt that he must have hoped, and even expect-

ed, that Govt.would probably allow him to continue in the Force

provided he gave all assistance he could in this most diffi-

cult and important matter.Having made use of his information,

it does not seem to be fair to treat him more harshly than

others equally guilty with himself, whose services are still

retained