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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1861.
Council that Mr. Caldwell and Mr. May were on good terms until the year 1857, when bad feeling arose between them, in consequence of the part taken by each with regard to Mali-chow Wong, who was in that year sentenced to transportation for 15 years for confederating with Pirates, and who was at the present time a Convict in Labuan. Mr. May, being firmly con- vineed of Mal-chow Wong's guilt, zealously and successfully exerted himself to bring him to justice. Mr. Caldwell, on the other hand, (who had been for years the steady supporter of Mal-chow Wong) expressed himself satisfied of his innocence, and exerted himself with equal zeal in his behalf, both before and after his conviction. He denounced Mr. May's excrtions in the opposite direction as persecution of an innocent man, and resented them as personal to himself, attributing them to jealousy on Mr. May's part at his (Mr. Caldwell's) having been repeatedly able to obtain, through Mah-chow Wong, information for the Government which Mr. May had failed to procure.
To this disagreement could be traced all the incrimination and recrimination which subsequently took place between these two Officials, and which, pursued as it was with considerable acrimony, resulted in their private affairs being on several occasions unnecessarily and improperly dragged before the public. Under these circumstances it appeared to the Council unnecessary to enter into any investigation as to the extent of the "unfriendly animus" with which any one of these subsequent proceed- ings was conducted, but they considered it fair to Mr. May to record that Mr. Caldwell appears to have been the assailant in the first instance, and to have commenced by a most unjustifiable attack upon Mr. May in the matter of Attai's Brothel. regards also the original cause of quarrel, the Council considered that Mr. May's view of the character of Mah-chow Wong was the correct one, and that he (Mr. May) rendered very valuable services to the Colony in prosecuting to conviction--notwith- standing the powerful opposition he had to contend against-that notorious offender who had for so many years, by the un- scrupulous exercise of the means at his disposal, contrived to escape the punishment due to his crimes.
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The Council entirely concurred in the view expressed by the Executive Council in the 2nd Resolution of the Minutes of the 25th October, 1858, already referred to, as to the great value of Mr. May's long and meritorious public services, and ex- pressed their unanimous opinion, that his removal from Government employment would be a great loss to the Colony.
EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AT A MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY THE 24TH SEPTEMBER, 1861.
Finding in Mr. Caldwell's Case.
The Council having carefully considered the Evidence laid before them in support of the Charges brought against Mr. Caldwell, as well as the Evidence given in reference to other matters which incidentally grew out of the Inquiry, were unanimously of opinion that Mr. Caldwell's long and intimate connection with tae pirate Mah-chow Wong was of such a character as to render him unfit to be continued in the Public Service, and the Council recommended his dismissal therefront.
The Council were further of opinion that even if they had arrived at an opposite conclusion upon this, the main subject of Inquiry, they would have been called upon to recommend Mr. Caldwell's removal from Her Majesty's Service upon the grounds of his dishonourable treatment of his brother officer Mr. May, and his abandonment of his office notwithstanding the refusal of His Excellency The Governor to accept his resignation while grave charges were pending against him.
No. 105.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
1. D'ALMADA È CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.
His Excellency The Governor and Commander-in-Chief with the concurrence of the Brigadier General Commanding the Forces has appointed Lieutenant A. W. H. ATKINSON, 99th Regiment, to be Private Secretary and Aid de Camp in place of the Honorable Sydney Annesly, resigned.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st October, 1861.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 106.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint Dr. CHARLES M. SCOTT to the Office of Superintendent of the Civil Hospital in the place of Dr. AINSLIE, resigned.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2nd October, 1861.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Consignees and Masters of Ships are hereby informed that after the 15th Instant, the Boundary North of which Vessels shall not anchor is as follow:-
Kellet's Island bearing EbSS.
All Ships to be properly moored with 35 fathoms chain (East and West).
The passage between North Boundary of Man-of-war anchorage and the Kow-loong Peninsula to be kept clear.
The Mail Steamers to moor near the Fort William, but South of her.
Harbor Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st October, 1861.
H. G. THOMSETT,
Harbour Master.
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