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Rest 27 JUN 19
Sheung Shui (Near Fan Ling)
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26th. April, 1899.
Ng Sui Shang states.-
By the order of the Col. Secretary I engaged 2 men and one woman to post the Chinese proclamation of the Governor in the newly leased territory. They were named Tang Cheung, Tang Tsz Kwai and the wife of Ma Tso Wong. I sent Tang Cheung to the Un Long Division; Tang Tsz Kwai to Ping Shan and the woman to Kam Tin. The woman returned and told me that when she reached Castle Peak she was seized by the villagers who said they would kill her. They stole from her $5. She returned to HKong and told me this. The proclamations were taken from her. I forget how many.
Tang Sz Kwai sent on the 3rd. of the 3rd. moon (12th. April). I sued him at Ping Shan on the 10th. of the 3rd. moon (19th. April). He told me he had gone to Ha Tsun and the villagers were going to seize him, when his clansman Tang Hing Tong begged on his knees that he might be allowed to go. They said 'We will let you go now but we will kill you later on'. He had no proclamations on his person when he was seized. He had distributed them among the villages. He said he was released because he had no proclamations on his person.
Tang Cheung was sent to the Un Long Division. On his way there he was seized at Kap Shui Mun. Ng Ki Cheung told me this. Ng Ki Cheung told me he had seen Tang Cheung in the meeting house at Un Long. Ng Ki Cheung and Ng Fung Cheung both said that he
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