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and though in due course he appeared 

 and claimed to be put in charge, the 

 man in possession calmly ignored him, 

 and he was obliged to report that he 

 had failed to assert his authority. At 

 last means were found to coerce Mr. 



S and lay bare his evil deeds ; 



it then appeared that he had largely 

 misappropriated public money, and in 

 particular that he had built his house at 

 Rhumba with the funds allotted for the 

 employment of starving people during a 

 famine. 



The Court of Directors dismissed him 

 from their service, refused him his 

 pension, and caused the Rhumba house 

 to be sold by public auction. There were 

 no bidders, and a Madras firm owning 

 the Aska sugar works bought for 150 



