(25, means that a lukong told me there he got the money, tell you I told me that he was on The Constable Ho Wai Fong all about it. The 30 cents "duty" means 30 cents a day. I paid this sum because I was afraid that the lukong might queue some information to the Government.
I made entries in this memorandum book for about three years. I made entries from time to time as people came in and asked for money. I kept it in a drawer of a cupboard [witness puts a x where the writing begins and a xx where it ends]. The last character means ... Some of these entries were copied from other pieces of paper which had become dirty. This was done three years ago. Other entries were made subsequently.
The entries from "love song" down to "sin Seong" on one side were made at one time, that is, copied [witness puts in a xxx at the character "Sii Seong"]. These entries are all my handwriting and were made at one time. But there are in the middle three entries which I inserted last year. There is nothing to show the date of the entry relating to No. 12, but I am positive it was made on the day when the money was paid to him. The second entry relating to No. 12 is made on a different side of the paper from the first entry. The second entry was made between 8 and 10 days after the first.
All the entries from beginning to end are in my handwriting, with the exception of two entries. I remember that I began writing on this paper about three years ago. It took two years only to make the first piece of paper dirty. There was no need of taking out the paper every day. [Exhibit A1 - A7 shown to witness] "A4" is the earliest book of these exhibits. [Counsel referred to A3.]
My partners were dissatisfied at the result disclosed in this Exhibit. They had a quarrel amongst themselves. I don't know if one of them went to Sir Francis. The books were kept for the information of the partners - to show that my fokis and I were not swindling them. At No. 3 East Street, no gambling was carried on. "At 1°2 Wohause, we had between 10 to 20 tchmen to guard against surprise by the Police. 'Buy king, No 12 theng On's hands' " I meant that "thing On ..."