† Lau Chu Pak:-
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Lung In 435
Ho Sumer
On the 15th day of the 12th moon, you paid for harbour 12189 coolie labour $95. What do you mean by harbour coolie
labour?
(Leung rn) That is through Po Shun.
What did you out him $5 for. You always paid him $100 12190
before?
(Leung In) It was not a deduction. If we have not got $100, and we gave him less, he would receive it, wouldnt
A.
he Chairman:-
A.
he
Ko Shang) That is not the meaning of it. $95 is
this way. Po Shun told me that according to the custom,
he ought to get $400 a year. He said he had some fokis
besides, and that it was not sufficient to divide
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amongst them, and he must have so much more, and then
he got several times some odds and ends.
71 Q.
And does that go to make up the $95 ↑
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A.
No. That time it was $95.
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Why did you make that $95, instead of $100 ↑
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A.
Well, he said, so much to this one, and so much to that, and it made up $95.
92 Q.
Well, this was in addition to the $100 he regularly
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had ?
A.
It is not included in the $100. It is extra.
Lau Chu Pak:-
And that is the reason you call it harbour coolie labour, instead of sea labour ?«
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A.
Yes, it is not his ow.
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Chairman:-
Did Cheng Po Shun make that payment of $98 ?
A.
Хов.
Lau Chu Pak:-.
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On the 24th of the same moon, you paid for sea labour $100 T
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A.
That is his om.
Chairman:-
That is the regular $100 ?
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A.
Yes.
au Chu Paki-
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On the 7th day of the first moon, paid to Wong, cooli❤, 12178
note money. Who is Wong ↑