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Statement of Claims.
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1.
The master of Junk No. 291 HW was registered
as Cheung Yung-kan alias Cheung Shap-ng, the son of
Cheung Chik-lin, who was actually in charge at the time
of the attack. Cheung Yung-kan was fortunate in not
sailing on the junk in that trip.
2.
The junk was only about two years old and was
designed for deep-sea fishing with lines, not with nets;
the fishing was done from the sampans carried on board.
The crew carried by this tyne of fishing junk, apart from
the families on board, generally numbers more than the hands
employed on the net-trawling junke.
3.
A detailed analysis of the material losses suffered
by the owner through the destruction of his junk is attached;
the total amounts to $6,072.50.
4.
Many families were affected by the deaths of
immediate relatives, and a full list of the known British
persons killed, and a further list of the names of their
dependants, and those dependants' claims are attached.
have counted the loss of young children, even sons, as of
no monetary account, and I suggest an average of $300
compensation a head for all adolescents or adults who had
families or close relatives depending on them.
5.
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The total claims therefore for the junk, for lives
lost and for other property lost, come to H.K.211,872.50.
(Ed.) J.C. McDouall.
Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Hong Konş
19. ix. 38.