The Interpreter: Well, it is included in the thing.
Mr. Hewett: Mr. Ball, ask this witness what is the total amount of the bill, the receipt?
Witness: $7.79.
Q: And it is made up of two items of poultry, one of pigeons and one of $3.60; and these four items together make this $7.79?
A: Yes, that is right.
His Excellency (to defendant): Do you want to ask any more questions?
Defendant: I beg pardon, I did not understand that last question of Mr. Hewett.
Mr. Hewett: I asked whether the bill was not made up of four items - two for poultry, one for pigeons, and one repayment of $3.60 - and the four items added up together make the receipt.
Mr. May: The account states there are still some five dollars due, doesn't it?
The Interpreter: Yes, deducting what has been received, there is still $5 due.
Q: Now will he explain how it is that that $5 still remains? What is the meaning of that last entry that there is still $5 due?
A: He had previously borrowed ten dollars from me and he paid me back five. He paid me on the 10th day of the 4th moon, so I put down "deducting what has been received". I mean the $5 I had received. By that, there is due $3.67 (taels), which is $5.
Q: And when did he borrow the $10?
A: Well, I have got it in my book.
Q: (Shows witness his book): Where?
A: (Points out entry dated the 28th of the 3rd moon).
Q: Of what year?
A: The Ping-ng year.
The Interpreter (reading): "Money borrowed 7 taels 2... That is the 21st April, 1906.