Polynesian., 1844-08-10
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CTS JOHN GREENwAY, ESQ, CONNECTED
IN BUSINESS WITH Mr.. WILLIAM French.
ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT
THE PARTIES, DATED 7TH OF APRIL, 1910.
AND AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THEREOF UN-
DER DATE 10TH OF JUNE, 1910, SIGNED
by HIN, AND DULY ENTERED on II
FIRST PAGE OF HIS WASTE Book OR
JOURNAL, BEGINNING ON THAT DAY.
Gentlemen,-Your Committee have met
with difficulties, delays and distractions,
in the preparation of this report, known to
you all.
Your committee now present to you the
result Of their labors in the following docu-
ments
First,-Notes made by them as they ex-
amined the minute books of the Assignees.
letter books, books of accounts, letters, pa
pers, Sc, consisting of 287 pages, authenti-
Gated alternately by the initials R. c. w.
and F. j., to which notes, marginal re-
marks have been affixed. Belonging to
them, you will find separately, a general ex-
planatory index of lOl pages, and an index
of subjects for facility Of reference.
Secondly Three series Of documents or
vouchers to which the notes refer, the first
series being marked A to Il, inclusive (Z be-
ing wanting, } the second series being mark
ed AA to SIS, and the third AAA to &S&
also two packets with running numbers, No.
| to "a, inclusive, (no. 81 being wanting
and one Of documents enumerated at the
end of the notes, No. | to %, also inclu-
slve.
Every voucher, besides its letter or num-
Der, bears a reference to the page Of the
notes where it is noticed.
Thirdly,-Copies of 1870 of the principal
accounts, made out from the books belong
ing to the estate, commencing with the la
test balance made by Mr.. Greenway previ-
Gus to the 18th April, 1912, and carried on
wards to the latest entry found in the books,
adding to these accounts, credits, COR
responding respectively with the sums recei-
we'd on each account by the British Commits
%sioners, taken from an account found at the
end Of a small ledger, belonging to MIR.
G~reenway, Of which account, a copy is here
to appended under No. /.
Fourthly Copy of an appropriated erhi-
bit Of Mr.. French's position, with schedules
A, b, c and ID, and some explanatory notes,
under his acknowledged liability, as partner
OF Mr. Greenway, as shown by the books and
his W statements, subject to corrections
,chen Mr.. Stephen Reynolds and William
Ladd produce their accounts, in the form in
which they were made out for the Informal
ton of this government. pursuant to an ap-
plication made by Mr.. French on the Sd. of
June, under the sanction of H. B. NJ. $ Con-
sui General, acting for Greenway, with the
view of overcoming the difficulties arising
from the refusal of Reynolds and Ladd to
render accounts, and ofeventualIy paying off
IN full, all just claims upon Mr.. Greenway's
estate, and Mr. French individually.
That exhibit showed a minimum surplus to
Mr.. French ofS5O, 900 and upwards in prop
crty belonging to him, and believed to be
good and substantial, after payment, in full,
OF all known claims, certain and doubtful,
either upon his separate estate, or his Joint
estate with Mr.. Greenway, but requiring
time, caution and good management in its
realization, to which, under the circumstan-
ces, your committee think he can prefer a
strong claim.
fifthly,-A general statement or abstract of
accounts Of Mr.. Greenway's ledger, showing
how the accounts stood on the 7th of April,
1912, how they stand now, and the balances
due to or from each account, subject to
correction when Mr.. Stephen Reynolds and
William Ladd can be induced to render &C
counts, showing what monies they have paid
to or received from each party. That gen.
eral statement contains remarks referring to
facts and explanations found in the notes,
general index, etc.
From that general statement, it appears
that the debts to Greenway, on the 7th of
April, l842, whenhe appointed Stephen Rey-
nolds, Alexander Simpson, and Henry Skin
ner to be his ~assignecs and when they I'M
dertook the charge, as recorded by them
selves under their signatures, at page 1870 of