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6918 as
A.
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6420 00
Mr Shelton gooper:-
857.
Have you got it entered in your book there ?
I have.
873 Cheung Yan Shele and -6918
Show me the entry. Read the entry you have in your book. 19
"Sing Kee for expenses to obviate laying down concrete, commission $250, equal 180 taels".
What is the date of that entry in your book ↑
6920
Paid to whom ?
A.
Mr Fung chun:-
6941
A.
The Chairman :-
6922
A.
Mr Humphreys;-
The Chairman:-
692304
It is not put down who it is paid to.
Who is Sing Kee ↑
It is my master's rent collecting business name.
What is the date ?
The 10th day of the 10th moon, last year.
What is that in English ?
It is about the end of November.
Now, what did you do, did you give dollars or notes to 6923.
6921
6922
your foki ↑
A
Yotes.
буду до
And it was the same foki all the time?
6424
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A.
Yes.
by
A.
And you did not expect when you paid him a large sum like that, that he should bring you back a receipt ? My foki told me that he was unwilling to write it,
no need to write it.
6925-
642690
6926
Now, you are a business man, and you are cashier in a very big firm, do you think it is a very business like thing to pay $250 you dont pay it yourself, you give it to one of your fokis, and make an entry in your book -
and you get no receipt for the money ↑
A
Lick ree said he would undertake that it would be
alright.
6927 Q
A
Are you always ṇatisfied with an assurance like that, which comes from one of your servants ? Did you not expect to get a receipt ↑
This foki has been a very long time in the firm, and
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