Q. What was the market price?
A. Well, I could not say certainly. (The Interpreter:- I don't know what he means. It is a technical term).
Q. It is 14 or 15 cents, is it not?
A. Yes, 13 or 14 cents.
Q. Has it ever been 15 or 16 cents at times?
A. At times it varies; Yes, it also goes by market price.
Q. Has it ever been as low as ten cents a dozen?
A. Yes.
Q. Was it so in the 6th or 7th moon, last year?
A. 11 or 12 cents.
Q. ...?
A. 11 or 12 cents in the 6th or 7th moon of last year; Yes.
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Q. Then why did you let him have them at 10 cents a dozen? The Inspector said "Get me 3 dozen of eggs". I handed him 3 dozen of eggs., "Wait till I send a coolie for them" he said, and he offered 30 cents.
Q. For how much, 30 cents for how many dozen?
A. For 3 dozen.
Q. Why did you let him have them under market price?
A. It was only a small quantity sold to him. An Inspector wanted them.
Q. Wanted what?
A. Wanted the eggs.
Q. If anybody else, if any Chinese had come along, and wanted those eggs, would you have let him have them at 10 cents a dozen?
A. We go by the market price, and we bargain with Chinese.
Q. You made no entry in your book, I believe?
A. No.
Q. Why?
A. It is a very small matter. There was one three dozen...