All this was paid by me to Mr. Osmund.
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Quincey got 20 cts. a day, Wan Shing 10 cts. from each house and I got the same as wages. I handed the money to Quincey because he is a friend of mine and I handed it to Mr. Osmund because I was friendly with him and sat in the same room. At first Mr. Osmund sent a Chinese letter and card to the gambling houses in Wa Lane and in Cheung Hing Lane. The gambling house keepers asked Wan Shing if the First Clerk, meaning Mr. Osmund, really wanted the money. Wan Shing told Quincey and Quincey handed me the letter and card. The card was in English. I read the letter. It was in the name of Sin Fa who stated that he wanted the money for Mr. Osmund. I went with Wan Shing to the Man Mo Temple to meet Sin Fa to tell him that Mr. Osmund wanted the money paid to Wan Shing. I handed the card and letter back to Mr. Osmund who said they might be used as a proof and so he destroyed them. He tore up the card and the letter in my presence. After that the money was always obtained by Wan Shing.
In addition to the bribes he obtained from the gambling houses Mr. Osmund received for his own use $10 from each Chinese passenger to America who received a certificate for San Francisco. I paid him about $100 on this account. These certificates have only been recently issued. Lok Man Tsun, Mr. Robinson's clerk, may have paid some of these certificate moneys.
After Quincey's share of the bribes was sent to Peking. I paid Quincey's share to Lok Man Kan. After Quincey went away Wan Shing paid the gambling house bribes to me.