CO129-510-14 Report of committee of enquiry into discrepancies and losses in government departments in Hong Kong... 21-4-1928 - 24-10-1928 — Page 47

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documents to me.

for mitials or signature at

times when he knew I was overwhelmed with

work or

pressed for time. Trine for leisurely inspection of documents I have never had. I

is

[The Ambulance Corps to which reference

made above was raised by me, on

che

instructions of Sir Henry day, in 1915. I have commanded the Corps to the present time; it

a considerable asset to the

bas

proved

lime been

Colony and has not at any any cost to Government. Most of my

work in connection therewith is done in the

evenings, but in

any

case

my office duties are not allowed to suffer ]

I have always maintained that there ought t have been in the department one European Officer to act as Accountant; it would seem obvious that to require cur Educational Officer- already overworked, to share responsibility for Accounts, was a faulty arrangement, and

events have shewed that it opened the way for a clever and unprincipled like Chan. I urged upon the Committee, at my preliminary Exmination, the

wan

necessity

for such

appointment.

Accepting