B.
310
A.
*Paid 6 District for engaging coolies labour, odd jobs
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money $15".
Q.
Who made that entry?
A.
My foki.
Q.
And is No 6 District, Inspector Kelly's District?
A.
Well, I don't know whether it is or not. It was put into an envelope and sent by a foki.
Q.
Now, those last two entries you remember, of the 22nd November and 5th December, the sum dropped to $15 on both occasions. Will you explain that?
A.
It used always to be $20 then to him, but when it was fixed at $15, it was Leung In that talked to him about it.
Q.
Why was it fixed at $15 these two months?
A.
I don't know how. They talked about it.
Q.
Was there any talk about business being bad, and your not being able to offer so much?
A.
I don't know how Leung In spoke to him about it.
Q.
And it did not pass through your hands, because you were not a partner, is that it?
A.
Yes.
Q.
Will you look at the next entry, please. 27th December. 12th moon, 2nd day.
A.
Yes. "Paid 6 District for engaging odd job labour, notes: making good former (The Interpreter:- Payments, I suppose it is) $10".
Q.
Whose writing is that in?
A.
It is my foki's.
Q.
Is that $10 to make up the deficiency of the $5 on each of the preceding payments?
A.
My master told me to enclose $10, to be taken up to him.
Q.
Now, did you yourself personally, at any time, make payments to Kelly?
A.
Yes, I have, but I don't remember the dates.
Q.
You don't remember the occasions?