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4th May, 1886.
Present - All members,
Dr Ho Kai reads over evidence taken from prisoners in Victoria Gaol.
Case of 280 Liza Fun
Liza Fun discussed.
Decided paper to be turned into informations.
Mr Lockhart examined by Kai:
I am a merchant of the Kwong Cheung Hong Firm. There is a class of persons called Ngan Wong-tai. They are supposed to belong to the same Hop-in or Triad Society. They have signs such as the Triads are said to have.
There was a quarrel between the coolies and the Ngan Wong-tai of my firm. The quarrel was about some sapan wood, which the Ngan Wong-tai stole. Quarrels of this kind are very frequent.
Yesterday they went on board a boat and threw some of the sampan wood overboard. They said that if the boat people...