CO129-329 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [7-12] — Page 38

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preferred by the Local Auditor, of Mr. Tang Fuk's reply

thereto, of a statement by the Local Auditor in support of

the charges which was duly communicated to Mr. Tang Fuk be-

Enclosure.

Enclosure 2. Eme losure 3.

Enclosure. 4.

-fore his trial by the Council, and of the minutes of the

Meeting of the Executive Council held on the 10th. instant,

at which it was recommended that Mr. Tang Fuk should be

suspended from office. The statement made by Mr. Tang Fuk

before the Council disclosed the facts that he was exten-

-sively engaged in money lending business and had also

been an habitue of Chinese gambling clubs.

the Counsail of which

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I concur in the recommendation of

which I have to ask your approval and confirmation with

effect as from 11th. instant.

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The Shroff, Mr. Ch'an Sam,

who is a relative of Mr. Tang Fuk, and without whose know-

-ledge it is difficult to believe that the $50

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the sub-

-ject of the charge against Mr. Tang Fuk

could have been

retained by the latter, was charged with embezzlement of

certain other sums which were not brought to account and

paid into the Bank when they should have been. But after

careful consideration of the case the criminal charge was,

on the advice of the Crown Solicitor, withdrawn, and I

dismissed Ch'an Sam for gross carelessness, incompetency,

and

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