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The fees for the certificates werepaid to the
shroff in the Registrar General's Department in the usual
way and were paid by him into the Bank to the credit of the
Government.
The statement of Ip Pak Shau so far as it
relates to this second charge is false.
3. I did not on the 15th, July 1897 or on any
other day offer the sum of $50 to Ip Pak Shau to induce him
to leave the Colony or to prevent him from doing his duty
by disclosing to the HongKong Government any facts either
within his knowledge or otherwise with reference to the
first and second, charges.
The statement of Ip Pak Shau so far as it
relates to this third charge is false.
4. In answer to the three charges generally,
I say that I have been in the Government service for nearly
38 years during which period I have served the Government
well and faithfully and have borne a uniformly good cha-
racter.
I have raised myself by my own exertions
and by my faithful service to the position which I now hold,
I am a wicower with 10 children six of whom
are entirely dependent on me.
The charges brought against me on the informa
tion of Ip Pak Shau are unfounded. He being on his own admis -
sion the recipient of bribes and being on his own showing
a man of untrustworthy character is attenting to implicate