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large, which every officer in his majesty's |
navy is especially bound to protect.
A. M'kENROT.
London. July Cd, 1914.
f.
On the subject Of the foregoing charges
exhibited in 1910.
sTo Anthony M'Kenrot, esq. Horn Tavern,
Doctors Commons.
Treasury Chambers, Cd March, 1912.
SIR--Haying laid before the lords COM
missioners of his majesty's treasury, your
letter, containing charges against certain
officers in the island of Tortola, of frauds
practised against the revenue, collected In
that island to considerable extent, Lam
commanded by their iordslips to acquaint
you that they have directed an enquiry to
be made into the circumstances contained
therein.
am, s,r, your obedient servant,
GEO. HARRISON.
G..
Onthe same subject.
To a. Al'Kenrot, esq. Horn Tavern, Doctors
Commons.
Treasury Chambers, 18th March, 1912.
SIR-I am commanded by the lords
commissioners of his majesty's treasury to
acguaint you, that they have directed your
letter of the 5th inst. respecting the frauds
committed by the custom house officers OF
Tortola, to be transmitted to the commits
sioners of his maiesty's customs, In order
that it may be referred, with your former
papers, to TIE commissioners about to pro-
coed to the West Indies, for investigation;
and until their lordships have before them
their report, they can take no further steps
IN the matter.
lam, sir, your most obedient servant,
GEO. HARRISON.
III.
On the same subject.
ITO A. M'Kenrot, esq. Horn Tavern, Doctors
Commons
Office OF Committee of Priyy Council for
Trade.
Whitehaft, 29th .aprI, 1911.
SIK--The lords of the committee Of the
council of trade, having had under consd-
Grafton your letter of the 11th ult. wherein
YOU request to be informed in what man.
Eer the officers of the customs at TortoIa
are 10 be proceeded against for the breach
Of the navigation laws, Of which you repre-
sent them TO have been guilty. I am disec-
3ed to acquaint you, that as the lords com
fnissioners of his majesty's treasury have
directed commission of enquiry into the
conduct of the said officers, to be issued.
no further steps can be taken until the re-
port of such enquiry shall have been re-
ceived and if it shall then appear that
there is sufficient ground for prosecuting
the said Ulcers, the mode of proceeding
must be determined by the lords of his
maiesty's Treasury, this being question
relative to the public revenue YOU will
therefore address, any further application
which you may think proper, to the lords
commissioners ofhis majesty's treasury.
lam. sir, your most obedient, humble
seryant,
CHETWYND.
We have thus laid before our readers
full accout of the contents of this extranr-
binary pamphlet, and in conclusions. have
but two remarks to make. If this pic
ture, which Mr.. M'Kenrot has drawn in
such strong colors, be true, we exclain
with the British chief justice, in 1856, the
Lord grant that we may never see such a
sight as that in the United States. If, on
the other hand. they are false, we sincere
Iy hope that Mr.. M'Kenrot may be punish.
ed TO the utmost rigor Of the laws ofhis
country, and that we may have the salts
faction Of doing justice to the parties in
iured. by recording the minutes of his trial
in the future pages ofthis work.
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