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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

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The Chairman :-

6922

A.

Mr Humphreys;-

The Chairman:-

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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?

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A.

Yes.

by

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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.

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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.

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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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