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detail one of the clerks to clear it out.

I can not credit the statement that there were re-

ceipts found months in arrears: unless these receipts were for

delivery in Hongkong and that they had been detained simply

through inability to find out who they belonged to.

Re the A.R. signed by Major Little. I beg to state

that I never received it back from the postmari who delivered

it i.e. the letter to Major Little. However mistakes like

that are of very frequent occurrence in most offices:

Notably

Indian Offices.

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The enquiry in question was looked into a few days

after I received it from the P.M.G. and should he care to

the date of the arrival of closely examine the enquiry form. He will find, the letter here

and also the mumber of the receipt obtained for it, marked

by me, on the left lower corner of the form, after I had marked

down these particulars I handed the form to Mr. Victor, re-

questing him to look up the receipt. Mr.Victor had the form

for nearly a week before I asked him for the receipt. He told

me that he had failed to find it I gave him three days to

hunt it up; as I fancied that he, had not gone thoroughly

through the receipts; at the end of the three days he handed

me back the form stating that he could not find the receipt,

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