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pass into Hongkong. The largest amount of opium I ever seized was 450 balls on board a passage boat in the Kapshuimún. No resistance was offered. The pas- sengers were landed at the Kapshuimún Station, the junk and cargo sent to Canton and there confiscated. Besides opium, there were arms and ammunition on board her, hidden under a cargo of Chefoo beans. I generally knew that junks were going to smuggle from information given to me by paid informers, who got a share of the seizure. These informers are ordinary workmen, and it was mostly through them that we obtained our information about intended smuggling from the Colony. If a junk had over 40 balls of opium on board, she was confiscated: if she had under 40 balls, the opium was seized and the junk fined. If a junk smuggled goods other than opium she was very seldom confiscated.
The above statement made to the Secretary is read over to Mr. CLERIHEW and declared by him to be correct.
WONG LÜ-p'áng, states:--I have been Sergeant Interpreter for 8 years. I have bad about 4 years' experience of the Water Police. I was formerly in the employ of the Chinese Customs as Interpreter on board the Pingchauhoi. I acted as such for about 3 years (1872-1875). During these 3 years several captures of Hongkong junks were made by the Pingchauhoi. They were in all cases large trading junks of about 4,000 or 5,000 piculs. They had sometimes opium, sometimes arms, and sometimes piece-goods on board. When a junk was captured it was taken to Canton, and generally confiscated. I believe it was a rule that if a junk had more than 40 balls of opium on board, it was confiscated. During the 3 years I was on board, about 10 seizures were made. The Pingchauhoi sometimes fired on junks with blank cartridges, but I never saw the fire returned. I never saw any fights. We never made any captures in Hongkong waters. Stricts instructions were issued as to the boundary line between Chinese and British waters. There was no particular class of junk that we knew to be smugglers.
The above statement made to the Secretary is read over to Mr. WONG LÜ-P'ÁNG and declared by him to be correct.
TO THE COMMISSION.
I have seen a great many junks go round Hongkong without touching at the Colony.
SEVENTH MEETING,
14th April, 1883.
Present:-Sir GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Chief Justice, (Chairman).
His Honour Mr. Justice RUSSELL, Puisne Judge.
Honourable F. B. JOHNSON, M.L.C.
Mr. J. H. STEWArt-Lockhart, (Secretary).
W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police, in reply to the Members of the Commission states:-I have no information to give on smuggling other than that which I have given officially in the shape of Reports, &c. I would refer the Commission to one of these reports, as being the most recent one, forwarded on the 11th April. With reference to Mr. CREAGH's letter of the 21st June, 1877, I think it appears to
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