Crew
& Passenger
(2)
Loss or Damage
Pate of Incident
Type & No.
Owner or
of Junk
Master
C.
P.
Junk & Gear
3.3.41
(Eeported 3.4.41)
Trading T4107H
Ho Chik Chau
9
2
1 licence
54 Yrs. Owner
of Kwong Hoi.
Cargo
710 piculs of salt V.$2260.00
1.4.41
(Reported
Trading T5442H
Chui Yau Leo 4
1 licence
Nil
64 Yrs.
3.4.41)
Master, of
Ping Hoi.
1.4.41
Trading
Lin Sik Ching
10
2 cannon
(Reported T4475H
3.4.41)
44 Yrs.
Master, of Tai Po, Chiu Yeung
v.$80.00
Money $6000 C.C.$1200
H.K.
Preserved plums, bootroot &
chickens
V. $280.00
3.4.41
(Reported T3784H
7.4.41)
Trading
Chu Fung 48 Yrs.
11
Master of
San Chucn
Junk V.$3000. Boan cake,
fertilizer & cloth v.$13000.00
Nature of Incident
This junk arrived in Kwong Hoi on the 26.2.41 and anchored there. On the 3.3.31 the Jap- anese occupied the town and the crew took to the hills. Some of the fokies later re- turned to the junk and found 710 piculs of salt had been removed. Japanese lighters had been seen alongside the junk. The junk was recovered. No one injured.
This junk was stopped and searched by a Japanese dos- troyer near Sam Mun Kwan. The cargo of beetroot & salt was not touched.
When sailing off San Mei this junk was stopped by a Japanese destroyer. The cargo was trans- ferred to the destroyer and the junk searched and the money taken away.
Long & Lat.
Long
4
112 45' E.
Lat.
21° 45 'N.
Long
↑
114 39 E.
Lat20 26' N.
Long
115 25' E.
Lat.
23° 46' N.
Long
115° 25'E.
Junk was stopped by a Japanese warship and told to go along- sido. The cargo was transferred Lat. onto the warship, and the junk 22° 46'N.
was holod and sunk off San Mci.