Q. And you have never paid him any commission?
A. No.
Q. Have you often seen debts deducted by the first clerk in the case of other people?
A. Occasionally I have.
Q. Have you heard of commission being paid?
A. It has been spoken of.
Mr Gompertz: What sums have you seen paid in subsidiary coins?
A. Out of fifty dollars, forty-five would be in notes, two in dollars, two in half dollars, and some subsidiary silver coins.
Mr Thomson: Was the subsidiary coin all Hongkong coin?
A. I cannot remember so exactly. There would be some Hongkong coin and some Kwangtung coin.
Mr Gompertz: Would there be more than usual? When you make payments yourself, I do not suppose you make them in notes?
A. With Chinese shops, I have arranged to pay in subsidiary coin.
Q. When a business man makes payment, he is not always able to get notes to the exact amount of the payment?
A. Well, that may be so.
Q. When you say five out of fifty dollars, you mean that ten out of a hundred dollars would be paid otherwise than in notes?
A. Well, maybe $95 or $90 would be paid in notes.
Mr Sercombe Smith: That is when notes are handed in by the master for payment?
A. Yes.
Mr Chatham: Why was it you went with Chok Fu to the Sailors' Home?
A. Because he owed me for food and lodging.
Q. Chok Fu asked you to go with him?
A. He was living at my place, and I went with him.
Q. He had come ashore from the ship?
A. Yes.
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