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were those of Provost Marshal R., who was in charge of the government coffers. The previous administrators had to hand over the coffers unopened and were then sent away. After some time they were informed that the balance of each coffer was such and such, in most cases only half or a third of what it should have been. If anyone dared to protest, he was threatened with deportation to Sydney [or prosecution for] insulting a public official. At first, the Australians deemed The New Guinea Company to be a government enterprise and the Provost Marshal took charge of its coffer. Here too he is said to have tried to appropriate £30,000, but he was deterred by Mr Taeufert’s firm intervention. The upshot was that a few days later, T. was declared a troublesome foreigner and shipped off to Liverpool. The Provost Marshal, however, was dismissed soon after and even charged, but they let him decamp in time. He is said to be in Japan now.
To judge from all that we hear, New Guinea is destined for a great future. The interior