In the month of March, Mr Quin was on leave, and Mr J was paying the coolies. While I was sitting at the table, I saw Mahamed Tha apparently astonished and through the interpreter I learned that he said that it was $2.00 too much. I said to him, "It is $2.00 Good Conduct Allowance, for good conduct in the Shawo Shan Pass. You have received it for some months past." He said that he had received it.
"Such payments when the men are at out-stations would not...
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