THE Treasurer reports, for the information of his [?] [?]llency the Governor and the Executive Council, that he has been under the necessity of suspending William A. Duncan, Esq., from the performance of ...
Article : 2,506 wordsSir,—Will you permit me to [?]pass on your valuable time by relating to you the following unfortunate circumstance:— About four months since I wrote to a house in ...
Article : 212 wordsMy Lord and Gentleman, [?] do myself the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from the Clerk of the Executive Council, dated the 18th instant, calling upon me, by your direction, to [?] cause why ...
Article : 326 wordsThe Collector of Customs. In the matter of the [?] of EW in diamond over Sydney, 14, a case of merchandise, ex [?] from London. ...
Article : 152 wordsTreasury, Sydney, 28th July, 1868. W. A. D[?] can, Esq., Collector of Customs,—I hereby inform the Collector of Customs that unless he hand over [?] of his department of Mr. Augustus Berocy by [?] ...
Article : 27 wordsSir,—Haying, as instructed by you, placed in Mr. Duncan's hands your instructions to him to hand the charge of the Customs Department over to Mr. Berney, at half-past 1 o'clock to-day, I [?]waited his ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Treasurer reports, for the information and consideration of the Cabine, the following acts of misconduct, on the part of the Collector of Customs, with the view that Mr. Duncan be suspended from office, ...
Article : 294 wordsThere is, in my opinion, nothing in Mr. Way's letter which ought for a moment to interrupt the ordinary action of the law in this case. There are some instances of se[?]ures in which, though the law ...
Article : 379 wordsSir,—Referring to your minute of the 27th ultim[?] in which you shepend me from my functions on the grounds there in stated, it seems to me that it is due to the high office which you hold, as well as to your ...
Article : 585 wordsThe Treasurer has had under consideration the letter addressed by W. A. Duncan, Esq., to his Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council, under date the 26th ultimo, being Mr. Duncan's answer to ...
Article : 297 wordsW. A. Duncan, Esq., Collector of Customs. I hereby suspend you from the duties of your office (until the pleasure of his Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council be known) for, and by ...
Article : 287 wordsAfter mature deliberation the Council concur in the opinions expressed by the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, in the minute paper herewith submitted; and having in view the imperative necessity of enforcing due ...
Article : 136 wordsI do not arrive at the same conclusion as the Collector of Customs in this matter. It is by no means clear to me that a case of fraud is made out. Mr. Way is evidently new to business, and I am satisfied with the ...
Article : 92 wordsSir,—On Tuesday, the 14th instant, with Instructions received from the Honorable G. Eagar, Esq., I went to the office of Mr. Duncan, at the Customs, and told him that I had called to pay the duty on the case ...
Article : 385 wordsI hereby appoint Augustus Berney, Esq., First Landing Surveyor, to be acting Collector of Customs during the auspension of W. A. Duncan, Esq., from the duties of that office.—G. EAGAR. ...
Article : 148 wordsSir,—Referring to my communication of the 18th ultimo, informing you that his Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, had confirmed your suspension by the Honorable the ...
Article : 310 wordsI desire to place on record my reasons for the decision in the matter of Mr. Way's goods. By the Customs' laws of this colony the undervaluation of goods for purposes of ad valorem duty it ...
Article : 390 wordsAfter mature deliberation, and having before them the correspondence and other papers relating to the case, the Executive Council approve of the course adopted by the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer on the ...
Article : 113 wordsSir,—I do myself the honour to inform you, that I accompanied Mr. Thomson into the presence of the Collector of Customs, when Mr. Thomson delivered the documents, of which he was the bearer, informing ...
Article : 158 wordsSir,—Referring to the correspondence that has taken place between the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer and yourself, in connection with a case of merchandise, imported per [?], from London, via Panama, ...
Article : 397 wordsHaving sent to the Collector of Customs for certain Treasury papers, in the matter of a case of goods imported by Mr. Ebene[?] Way, and now under seizure, and being informed that "Mr. Duncan had ...
Article : 366 wordsSir,—I do myself the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th instant, in which you inform me thet his Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council advise my being removed from ...
Article : 65 wordsIn accordance with the decision of the Cabinet, yesterday, the 27th instant, the Treasurer addressed a minute to the Collector of Customs, specifying the several charges of misconduct made against him, ...
Article : 370 wordsSir,—I do myself the honour to enclose here with, for the information of the Honorable the Colonial Treasurer, a seizing note for a case of goods which was detained by me, in the first instance, for ...
Article : 126 wordsSir,—Mr. Willis has made a statement respecting the circumstances attending the seisure of Mr. Way's case of millinery, which it appeared to me ought to be brought under the notice of the Honorable the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 16 Oct 1868, Page 2
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