the Chairman :-
748.
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fire in the Japanese place, werd in the confusion of it, our fokis mixed up the books, and we had a meeting of shareholders, and started new books.
That does not seem very probable, because your books were mixed up in the fire ?
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Shelton Hooper:-
When did those books start from ?
At-
They are this year's books, from the beginning of this
your.
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When was the fire ?
At-
The year before last.
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Q:-
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Well, where are the books after the fire up to the beginning of this year?
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We dont keep the old books. We carry them over into the
new books.
Well, did you make up your accounts at the end of last 5964 year. Had you got the books then up to the end of last
year?
Yes, they were there then.
Then why did you say just now, that they were destroyed 5965
by the fire, and this fire took place a year and a
half ago?
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It was the year before last the fire was
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Yes, and you said they got so mixed up, that you had ribb
to write up fresh books ↑
A:-
Well,
no,
the fire did not destroy last year's books, but we masters every year have the accounts brought forward, and we carry them over into new books, and dont have an accumulation of books.
Mr Lau chu Paki
But we want to know what has become of last year's
books?
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A1-
Destroyed. Burned.
The ChairERN ?—
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When. About a week or two ago ?
It is done in the first moon of the Chinese year.
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