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was in hand large enough to be paid into the bank. The collection being practically finished in January, and there being no money to pay into the bank, the accounts were not checked throughout after that time.

In fact at the end of March the rent collection accounts were approximately correct, so far as could be seen without an examination of all the details: on March 28th. and April 8th. or 9th. sums of $282.80 and $432.80 were drawn as salary from the Treasury by the shroffs, after Ng Hung Fu had drawn these salaries from the money in hand; while on April 4th. the sum of $273.23 was paid in to Taipo and not accounted for by the shroff. These sums deducted from the estimated deficit of $1,092.15, leave a discrepancy of $113.32, which is not a large proportion of a total of $80,000 which had to be collected for the first time in full, and for whose collection no proper machinery existed.

When I first arrived at Taipo in December, 1905, to act as Assistant Superintendent of Police in the New Territories, no instructions were given to me, nor did I find any there, with reference to the collection of Crown Rent: in fact the Assistant Superintendent of Police had been giving such assistance in the collection of rent as he could in his Police capacity, and all ordinary questions concerning the Crown rent were in the hands of the Assistant Land Officer. I should add that no security was required from me or any previous officer acting in the post. About a month after my arrival instructions reached me that I was in fact acting as Collector in an official capacity and holding responsibility in the matter of collection: however the Assistant Land Officer still continued to communicate directly with Hongkong on matters connected with rent-collection, and when

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was in hand large enough to be paid into the bank. The collection being practically finished in January, and there being no money to pay into the bank, the accounts were not checked throughout after that time. In fact at the end of March the rent collection accounts were approximately correct, so far as could be seen without an examination of all the details: on March 28th. and April 8th. or 9th. sums of $282.80 and $432.80 were drawn as salary from the Treasury by the shroffs, after Ng Hung Fu had drawn these salaries from the money in hand; while on April 4th. the sum of $273.23 was paid in to Taipo and not accounted for by the shroff. These sums deducted from the estimated deficit of $1,092.15, leave a discrepancy of $113.32, which is not a large proportion of a total of $80,000 which had to be collected for the first time in full, and for whose collection no proper machinery existed. When I first arrived at Taipo in December, 1905, to act as Assistant Superintendent of Police in the New Territories, no instructions were given to me, nor did I find any there, with reference to the collection of Crown Rent: in fact the Assistant Superintendent of Police had been giving such assistance in the collection of rent as he could in his Police capacity, and all ordinary questions concerning the Crown rent were in the hands of the Assistant Land Officer. I should add that no security was required from me or any previous officer acting in the post. About a month after my arrival instructions reached me that I was in fact acting as Collector in an official capacity and holding responsibility in the matter of collection: however the Assistant Land Officer still continued to communicate directly with Hongkong on matters connected with rent-collection, and when
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Ata

れば

615

द्द

ellonie mi od bewaai orox #nordsunjani İllenko PORI to saING8

"ACUTO JANJ (oildug nåữ cj,sidfeecq as ne】 on inɛ,901109 skj oj

Elvos Jaid asac an Ad erow mmol brainoldus nd no ejqisce*

„JALOODA Jnemurovcć edy ojni bieq a、9001 701 Levypoce od Jaun Lae

.AJ LIGA Do duodu „Juo tormars plut 99* anciJourjeni 9294J the

Janet nec to ketcelles Jæer macro sa190,86,878) 1c aus » ned*

KqUTO 10 SILL192 91) Ka (70jinnel ody to ejnikejuo edź no Enamned

GEW JI ,9000808 20 SAİMLt oqiet of ai Jnes or alco, goijc Las

28* J19007 (ncouad e box,ut suu? se llonte old ja tsviscOT

1lonia en girl je xoso es* i ned# Jud tanujen ja korloeq 03VIS

.we eind to Jylesen ody to acijasa ca otsa

Civce od anuitel a oj goucnalen dJIK

I AVERI JUGAJI* nonesde

'londe ed) lo eronejanʊonio edj OJNÍ

ajnuosos L. ayanca eit lo kocde okad „4JOS linga (elnujeŭ no tit

Jr ting tas tard nj syonot ed♪ lie wooOJ SAIONO) Jaen Lae,cqist Je

Jen lit sa neil* *99* Samclic】 odd po :socksnor ja kord Bad CJGI

CJ Jasa i nGIJASIGURACO Enodąsiad 10 moneade eit ni BILJOT

nol jq9cks mid to saidJos teet bluco tas,ystasut si♪ no griepOO

ojai anos tad si Jedd Joeynosai od od Juo Lennuj doide Jrogen &

-notch sdu Jiei led od Joad Juo Enpot i yslesniow au,inJigeon

temalaon eroa ajaloos8 a*nojosi100 SIT

KlI8kJor 1999 NordA 240000 To morjosi100 end of maino (1091100ni

Jed! 920qque l ¡lick Josh mij ní dova de Lenedas Jon orow Jud out

FRUDDOR AJBtKuse a ni borojne good eved Lipoda eyanon dola

Ja

Ind snordownj201 ca tor .oqiet de eorJoang auoivena add Lemo¡ ¡0]

.Jared eind no penjãos adj oj Esużej 1000

101 SAT/ALO0ck tas snijostics to anus,& adl

.or

128 ba yo no baigo 2** cqret Je sunover lo ameji cuoiTBV Đá♪

conce to us # novede.ía os yd Loxosdo orga samdj Ene,Ji Invol

cha

was in hand large enough to be paid into the bank. The collection

being practically finished in January, and there being no money

to pay into the bank, the accounts were not checked throughout

after that time.

In fact at the end of March the rent

collection accounts were approximately correct, so far as could

be seen without an examination of all the details: on March 28th.

and April 8th. or 9th. sues of $282.80 and $432.80 were drawn as

salary from the Treasury by the shroffs, after Ng Hung Fu had

drawn these salaries fror the money in hand; while on April 4th.

the sum of $273.23 was paid in to Taipo and not accounted for by

the shroff. These surs deducted from the estimated deficit of

$1,092.15, leave a discrepancy of $113.32, which is not a large

proportion of a total of $80,000 which had to be collected for

the first time in fuli, and for whose collection no proper

#achinery existed.

When I first arrived at Taipo in December,

1905, to act as Assistant Superintendent of Police in the New

Territories, no instructions were given to me, nor did find any

there, with reference to the collection of Crown Rent: in fact the

Assistant Superintendent of Police had been giving such assist-

-ance in the collection of rent as he could in his Police capa-

-city, and all ordinary questions concerning the Crown ment were

in the hands of the Assistant Land Officer. I shoull add that no

security was required from me or any previous officer acting in

the post. About a month after my arrival instructions reached re

that i was in fact acting as Collector in an official capacity

and holding responsibility in the matter of collection: however

the Assistant Land Officer still continued to communicate directly

with mongkong on matters connected with rent-collection, and when

he

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