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Appendix B
Goods are consigned constantly landed at Hong Kong, and warehoused there.
Board of Trade
The best explanation of this is the case itself as contained in Appendix E. This is the only case of alleged abuse ever brought against the Opium Farmer. The Captain was not fined, but the Attorney for the defendants threatened him with a Civil prosecution for false imprisonment.
The defendants were tried at the Supreme Court and acquitted; they affirmed that the charge had been falsely made by a comprador named Wong Asoo, otherwise Lin Tin Jack.
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in the employ of Jardine Matheson & Co.
The Merchants seem to have strangely supposed that Aqui was the Opium Farmer, whereas Attai was the farmer and Aqui simply one of the sureties for the payment of the license duty.
A policeman, paid by the farmer, was allowed by Government under the impression that he would effectually check irregularities on the part of the farmer, and he was provided with a copy of the printed Regulations.
The incorrectness of this has been shown before.
The value of Mr. Matheson's evidence may be tested by comparing some of his statements when actuated by conflicting interests. This comparison is afforded in
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