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wishes to nec no he simply comes in to translite,

Feng Wa Chun : 19480

Iou say you don't know what the Bills are. You simply con- -pare the English Bill and as long as they correspond they

are passed ?

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So long as the amount stated on the Bill is certified by an

Inspector as having been received and so long as the price

charged is according to the contract price, it does not rat-

-ter to me whether the Bill is in English or Chinese.

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It must matter. You mus) have it in English ?

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I am speaking of so far as this clerk translates

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1748 Q- Very well, this bill is in the handwriting of that clerk 7

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Some of the Bills are.

Lau Chu Pak

- Generally Han Hing's 7

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Man Hing's have been invariably do this man's handwriting.

Bung Wa Chun -

You don't know what the Chinese Bills are. The Chinese night/750

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Reference:-

C.O. 537

be Two hundred dollarsund the English Four hundred dollars ?

I don't think that concerns mys lf.

I am not asking whether thene Bills concuru you or not. I am 1751

saying that those Bills translated by Mr Lo Man Kai may not

correspond. They might be Two hundred dollars in the English

Bill and Three hundred and fifty in the Chinese ?

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That is 40.

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That is possible ?

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You see these Chinese Contractors produce their Bill and I

presine some of theas man dof't speak English or read or

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write English

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probably no!e of then do ?

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None of then speak English well.

And the probability is they are entirely in the hands of the 1754

Interpreter who is Lo Hạn Kai ?

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