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511. You were armed with gatling guns?
A.-One. I generally used to work it myself. If you can get on the stern or bow of a junk you can do a lot of execution with one of them.
512. Who did the Kwashán belong to?
A. The Salt Commissioner by rights. We were not supposed to take anything but salt, but if we got anything else we used to get our share of it. They used to charge so much to the Salt Commissioner for the use of the launch.
513.--You were not under Captain PALMER then?
A.--Not when I was in the launch.
514. Have you ever taken any junks in Hongkong waters?
A.-No.
515. Have you known of junks being specially armed for the purpose of smuggling?
A. Not to my knowledge.
516.—What was the number of the crew generally on the junks, do you know?
A. Some 20, some 30, some 15, some 40.
517.-You say.
"We used to consider it a bad month unless we made 30 or 40
seizures." Was that in the vicinity of Hongkong?
A.--Kapshuimún, East Lamma, Ch'éungchau, and all these places.
518.-Well, if that was the case, can you only refer to the two cases when there was
firing?
A.-We generally fired in all cases.
519.-But can you refer to any cases in the vicinity of Hongkong where you had
any fighting, but that one case in the Kapshuimún?
A. No, only those two cases; that is all I can remember.
520.-Still you had thirty or forty seizures a month you say?
A. Yes.
521.-What was your share in the seizures?
A.-It all depends on the markets.
522. I think you said it was a third.
A. Yes, I think it was a third.
523.—And your pay?
A.-First $50, and afterwards $60.
524.-Haikwan taels or dollars?
A.-No, Hongkong dollars.
525. And in the case of salt seizures, how much went to the launch?
A.-About the same.
526. You said before that the launch got half a share.
A. Yes, the launch got half share, but I generally got a third.