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Q.--Who filled up the other figures then?
A.-A Chinese clerk.
Q. When did you fill up these figures? at the end of the year or at the end of the quarter?
A.-Almost every day.
Mr. Thurburn.--As they were paid?
A. Yes.
The Chairman.--Why were these columns never added up?
A. Because they were not completed.
Q-It is completed now?
A. Yes.
Q-Had you any other book showing the receipt of taxes except this?
A. Yes, a daily collection book.
Q.--Who kept that book?
A.-I did.
Q.--Who received the money?
A. The shroff.
Q. Who made out the receipts?
A.-I did.
Q-How could you make out the receipts if the shroff received the money?
A.The receipt is made out beforehand.
Q.-They are all prepared beforehand ?
A. Yes.
Q. And signed by you?
A.-Signed by me when the money is received.
Q.-When you received money you entered it in the daily collection book ?
A.--Yes.
Q. And then you entered it in the valuation book?
A.--Yes, I posted it up.
Q. When did you add up the valuation book?
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A. When all the collections had been made.
Q. When would that be? How long after the close of the year would the book be added up?
first.
A.-Sometimes it took a year or a year and a half; you must get all the collections
Q.-Only when every cent is paid?
A. Yes.
Q.-Have you ever added up one of these books?
A. Yes.
Q.--How long did it take you?
A.-About three weeks.