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married, native of Tun Yu, China, stated that he had

loaded his cargo in the open sea from a junk, the master

of which, he said, was named Chan Yong; he did not know

the names of any members of the crew.

He added that the cargo was consigned to a person

named Kwok Seng, in the Chinese village of Ho Han.

It was almost impossible to ascertain the name of the

vessel from which the confiscated opium had been transferred

to the junk.

The master of the lorcha was arrested and, in

accordance with the legislation in force, was sentenced to

a fine equivalent to two escudos a day for 720 days, or

1440 escudos in all, payable in the local currency

(3200 patacas).

On payment of the fine the prisoner was released.

The confiscated opium became Government property.

II.

On October 21st, 1929, the Inspectors of Customs

and Excise at Macao seized six parcels of raw Persian

opium, each weighing one pound, on board a boat plying

between the city of Macao and the islands of Taipa and

Coloane. These parcels were found in a chest on board

the boat; the master said that they must have been put

there by passengers whom he had landed from a ship

anchored outside the roadstead.

It was ascertained that they had actually been

placed there by a Chinaman when the harbour police launch

ordered the boat to stop.

This Chinaman, Chan Hong, son of Chan Wo and Chan

Lei Si, aged 35, native of Canton, employed on board a

Japanese vessel then at anchor outside the harbour,

admitted that the parcels of opium were his own property,

having been gived to him by a friend in the port of

Bushire, whence the vessel had recently returned.

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