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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH AUGUST,
Monday 9th July 1877.
1877.
W. D.-Sworn and deposiled. I am proprietor of Cosmopolitan Duck the first denfendant is a man in daily employiment to nail on copper shieiling, the second defendant is a cook to same dairies that I have in my employers, on the 8th instant A.M. my indian watchman reported to me something about the first defendant, and showed me a back about 5 pounds of composition nails, the back has a double string to it, which passes around the neck, so that the bark hangs between the thighs, there is a shorter string affixed to the bark to thigh from what I further heard from my watchman, I went into and the boat roofed all over, the second defendant and found 4 packeges of similar com- position nails, altogether of 50 pounds, of the total value of six or seven dollars.
短藏至以袋袋報工上日人有民銅被澳哷投 繩於腿懸有喲民
約民之午舉彼一 告
樣做而
之廚樓
間該四人
七元之間
五十磅該價銀大
竊上
以帳遮面民乃進 出查之遇一三板 民聞報此事後即
口上是更人所報
雨
條腿
得說乃 後所绑 同之進板卽報袋有
於繩五
袋約五磅之多此 報民幷携有釘一 工之人不端乃來
至腿但時能密
「懸於頸上直垂
槨吐嚤波利壇船
澳人告爲偷竊事
英在更工
七本夫人
印廚是做
來散號一度民為釘事船開
稟民
CANDIDATE No. 4.
I, who make this agreement to present my daughter, am a native of Cheung ko ün oó, and my I name is Ü a Sang, my wife is named Lam. On account of the poor circumstances of my family, and my wife voluntarily consulting to give my own daughter-A kiu (aged 7 years who was born at 4 A.M. on the morning of the 29th day of the 9th moon) to one Ip Lai Kan to be her adopted daughter, and she immediately gives the amount of $65 to compensate my family expenses, as soon as U a Sang and his wife received the money for their family expenses, the girl is on the same day to be handed over to Lai Kam under her care. She can alter her name if she pleases and she is to be her maid servant so as to wait on her. When she is grown up she can marry her to any person as she This is the both parties likes. Lai Kam can give her to another family, if she disobeys her order. wishes to do so. This is not an extortion whatever in order to compel us to present our daughter to her. She has not yet been betrothed. Should any suspicion give rise about her, it is U a Sang's duty to settle the affair. If any bad fate or misery happens on her, there will be no future repentance. We specially make out this paper which is to be given to and kept by Lai-Kam as a proof.
Witness Afung.
On the 10th day of the 9th moon--Kwang Sui the 2nd year.
Made by U A Sang and his wife Lam-shi.
Monday the 9th July 1877.
W. B. SPRATT sworn deposeth. I am proprietor of the Cosmopolitan Docks-the first defendant is a man in daily employ to nail on copper shealing-the second defendant is cook to some divers that I have in my employ. At about 8 A.M. on the 8th instant my Indian Watchman reported to me something about the first defendant and showed me a bag containing about 5 lbs. of composition nails. The bag has a looped string to it which passes round the neck so that the bag hangs between the further heard thighs there is a shorter string fixed to the bag for tieing it to one thigh from what from the watchman I went into the divers' place of abode an old boat roofed over the second defendant was there I searched the place and found four packages of similar composition nails-altogether about 50 tbs. of the total value of six dollars or seven dollars.
磅銅出焉第所余腿有在索銅余告知度約廚
值釘四
銀共
七重
大
員十
出四袋如上言之
焉余卽其所尋
此卽余 大橫釘
*有一短繩綁住一
腿余又聞更夫說
余卽往泅水者之
所此乃舊蓬艇也
第二名被告在彼
The party
in
making
the
短腿頸
來
袋五袋名報
據七英
英壹千八百七十
據士不律發誓云
七年七月九號
余乃哥士摩波利
頓船澳之東主第
一名被告乃所請
之零工釘船底鍋
余所請泅水者之 的第二名被告乃
約八點之際余印 廚子於本月八號
底所主
另吊為磅與被余印號之乃銅請第利
CANDIDATE No. 7.
Contract of presenting a daughter is Lum the lawful wife of U A Sung of Cheong Qun Oo on account of poverty the husband and wife agreed to present their daughter A Kiu 7 years of age born in the hour of Yun on th 29th day of 9th Moon to Lai Cum as an adopted daughter, for which the sum of Dollars Sixty five been paid to U A Sung and his wife for their