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"to Sham Iu. My share was $1,000, of which I lost $380, "and got back $620. Sometime at the end of the last

"Chinese year, I and Sham Tu called on Chan Pui, and "offered to sell to him the nightsoil, and a contract

"was made out in the name of Chan Yuk for the sale.

"Chan Yuk is the man put forward by Sham Iu as the

"contractor. Im Wa is my wife's uncle. He was a foreman

*in that contract for some time, and when I gave up my

"share in the business, Chan Iu discharged him. I have "a share of $100 in the wong Tai Long Pork Stall, "Western Market, in the name of my son. I have no share

"in Ho Teoi's business. I only shewed him how to apply

"for the license, but I did not get any money from him. "In the case of Yat Heung, the $10 he gave me was handed "to Inspector Conolly. I did not keep it for myself. "The money paid by the pork shops and fruit shops in "Hollywood Road and Connaught Road was paid me for "shewing them how to apply for the licenses. The "licensee of these shops have all been cancelled. The "granting of the licensees is entirely in the hands of

"the Sanitary Poard. These people gave me the money, *thinking I had power to grant ther without my asking

"for it.

"Before went to Canton, Sham Iu one evening came to my

"house and told me that Lui Chi had been to the office

and "of one of the Commissioners to tell against me,

"advised me to leave the Colony for a time. As I at the *same time felt unwell, and fearing that I might be "seized with plague, as it was then very virulent, I "acted upon his advice and left for Canton, intending

"to come back as soon as I felt better. When I wan

"proceeding to my own village, I thought of calling at "Kong Moon, when I was told by Sham Iu that Lui Chi was

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