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392.-CHAN SHI YAU, declared and cautioned :—--
The Chairman. You would soon be ruined if you give eggs away like that?
A.-There is no help for it. I am under his rule.
Q.-What-the Inspector's rule ?
A. Yes.
Q.-So if an Inspector sends for something to your shop, and demands it without pay- ment, you must give it to him?
A. He passes my shop, and Icoks at the rubbish.
Q.-You think this Inspector rules your District and you must give him presents, if he asks for them, is that what you mean?
A. Yes, if he tells me to give him anything, I must do it.
Mr. Humphreys.-You must get some advantage for that?
A.-No profit.
180.-SAM IU, declared and cautioned :---
The Chairman. You must not lapse back into what is not true. You have been giving your evidence very much better to-day, than you gave it the other day, and I dont want you to go back now.
Have you got a certificate as a British born Hongkong Chinaman?
A. Yes.
Q. How long ago is it since you got that?
A.-Several years ago.
Q. How many years, two or three, or five or six, or what ?.
A.- About four years ago.
Q.-Was that after Tse Hi had been banished from Hongkong?
A. Yes.
Q.-Just after?
A. Yes.
Q. How long ago is it since Tse Hi was banished?
A.
I dont remember. It was after he was banished, that I got my papers. After he was banished, I got the contract from Foo Sik for removing plague corpses.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Was that not handed over to you by Tse Hi?
A. Yes, it was.
Q.-Then you did not get it direct from Foo Sik ?