Lanteo Marine Lots Nos.1 and 2.
Enclosure 2.
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svudence of the Petitioners claiming to be shell
Gatherers round Ping Cheu taken by Bruce
Shepherd, Land Officer.
24%. June, 1904.
Jund Ler Sang 11. (let. Ritness).
Len Sans states:- The name of my junk is the Lan Sang Li. I neve
had the junk over 20 years. The junk hes cessed now because the excense
is too heavy. It is still in my cossession. The jons is rotten since 2
years ago. I have a licenos. I have not got it with us. I last toch out
the Licence is the 2 year. 1 paid 119 a year for the licence. I have
dredged for shells for 20 yeens. I hold to verious The burners. In the
28th. year 1 sold the shells for 158 tools. If the bort mars not rotven
I could get some money for my daily usbour. I lost because the Company
levy taxes on the zberis sed I ouract get my expenses and therefore I
csesed dredging. The customs levied duties ca line and not on shells.
Now there is no customs' duly. I spent $300 or $700 a year for meges aut
expenses. The fools 16 is net profit. I got about $1,000 orcoseds. If
I had a junk now after deducting all expenses I aculd get about $400
including paying licence. If I had a juck and bad money i could get more
then before. The price for sheile now is higher then before. I want cor-
pensation to repair my cid junk. I cennco do reclamation work because I
bave no money to erpicy labourers. The Coroany levied taxes on the lips! burners and they deducted the texes from rs and I got lese roney. 1 Live:
at Sher Shul Po. I did not get shells from any other pisos. I did not
get any licence from the Chinese Government, y junk is a spoil oue. He
get
candareene net for 1 Tau and not 1 mase for 1 fau.
Junk Yau Lee (2nd. witness)
Chee Yau atstes:- I an owner of the junk You Les. I live at dri
KOR, Shew Soul Po. ky Junk was destroyed by a bychoon 1st. of the 7th.
moon last year. I got a licence but it is lost now. I had a licence in 29th. year in the name of San Yeu Lee. The San Yau Lee and the You Les