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Clearken a

A.

20540 0.

2546

long the sam

Chinaman or what?

Chinese.

429

Did you ever see anybody else besides the Chinaman 20540

there ?

A.

There were also Europeans.

41

ને હ

0.

A.

Was there ever any trouble with the Europeans ? 0.

No.

20541

20542

په

Did not the Furopeans sometimes core in and knock the chairs about, and make a hobbery and say the place was

not properly cleaned ?

No, he said "you wash it".

A.

૨.

Who said "you wash it," -the European ?

20543

A.

Chinese.

A.

Did a European ever tell you to wash the place ?

Yes, he also.

20544

20545

Well then, did you think it was more convenient to pay that money than have the place washed or to have it washed at that particular hour ?

A.

Yes, that is it.

46 2.

20546

I see, and so you paid $10 a month because you thought

you could get the people to come and say you might wash

it at another time of the day, not to give you so much

trouble?

Yes.

A.

47

Q.

20547

And it would be very inconvenient for you if you had

not paid that $10 and had to wash it another time. Is

that what you mean?

A.

Yes.

48 Q.

205268

And so the money was paid to the Sanitary Inspector,

in order that a more convenient time might he arranged

for you to wash the Yan. Is that so?

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

་། ། ་། www.

Reference:-

CO. 537

Have you ever made any more payments since the 5th 20549,

moon of last year?

Хов.

A.

0.

49

A.

No.

Witness withdraws.

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