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Q-Who made that entry in that book ?
A.--I did.
Q.-Well, to whom was that money paid ?
A. The customers that dealt with us, the presents were given to them.
Q. What sort of customers?
A.-Chinese.
Q-I know, but who are those customers? Were they people in the Government Offices ?
A.-No, Compradores' shops.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Are not some of those men to whom you gave the presents in the Harbour Office?
A.—Yes, some coolies in the Harbour Office,--gave them $2 at the end of the year to buy shoes with.
The Chairman. But did you not pay anything more to any of the Senior men in the Harbour Office,-to the clerks, or any of them?
A.-No.
Q-Were they not in the habit of doing some writing for you, in taking out licences and so on ?
A. No, our master writes them himself.
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Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Now, if you have paid him anything, you need not be afraid to
say so.
A.
-I did not.
The Chairman.-Could the money have been paid to people in the Harbour Master's Office, without your knowing something about it ?
A have not paid any with my hands.
Q.-Who is your master?
A.-Kwok Fook. He is in the shop.
Q.-And who actually made those payments, that you have summarised there?
A.I paid them.
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Q.-All of them ?-
A. Yes, I paid them, and I entered them up.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Who sent out the presents?
A. We consulted the master about it.
Q.-Well, did you not tell me awhile ago that you sometimes paid money to the clerks in the Harbour Office ?
A. Not so. Those people that got them to write Petitions did.