4.
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5670
Q: -
Ai-
71 do
732
Au Sui Shang is
5670
Will you tall the Commission that you have been in
the habit of paying Kwong Man Hing #360 at the end of
the year?
or less. It might Yes, I said that. It might be more be $200, or so. If the business is less, then I give
1683.
5671
Q:-
Are there any entries in last year's account of the 5671 payment made to the Kwong Man Hing from the Man Hing?
A:-
Yes.
56729:0
In the books of the Kwong Man Hing ?
5672
A:-
Уев.
There are not.
5673
Lau Chu Pak:-
5678.
An old book is kept by the Kwong Man Hing. I dont keep
the old books.
Er Fung Wa Chun:-
Did you burn the old books ?
5674
5674
A:-
No, I threw them away in the waste paper basket,
Mr Lau Chu Pak:-
1675
We dont believe that, It is neither chinese, nor
English custom.
5675
π | | | | | | | | | | | | |
A:-
It is my own business only.
5676
56769:-
Kwong Man Hing is not your business.
You have partners.
A:-
Well, there are only three of us.
1697
Q:-
Still, there are partners ?
5677
A:-
5678
Q:-
r Fung Wa Chun:-
5675
But all the authority is with me.
We see in the first
moon the accounts, and if they are correct, they are carried over to the new books, and the old books are
not kep t.
I know as a matter of fact that Chinese dont burn
their old books.
Suppose your brother in law, or your unale, here and sued you in the Supreme Court that you
came dowY!
¿ave
them too little money, and you made more than you gave
thom, how can you prove that you have been honest with
them ?
They are dead.
A.-
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