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125,
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228
10280
10280 0.
But then, if you had a lot of fokis all round you, how is it that you can give money to the man, and
people not know about 1: ?
He told me to come into the kitchen to hand it.
A.
10251 00
Did not the cook see him ?
10287
A.
There was no cook there at the time.
Tau Chu Pak: -
10252
On the 9th day of the same moos: "Paid to No 2 Portugese
$6". Who is that No 2?
7028
A.
tre is a Portugese. I dont know his name.
70263 0.
Is he the foreman of the No 2 Distric?
L
he Chairman:-
Why do you pay money to the foreman of the No 2
District ?
1018 3
A.
Probably he made trouble with the coolies.
Q.
10284
Could you find out what his name is ?
101.94
A.
Yes.
Q.
When was that payment made ?
10285
A.
Last year.
Lau Chu Pak: -
Paid for several months.
70116 Fung Wa Chun:-
Humphreys:-
10186
April last year.
These bribes amount to several lakhs of dollars in a
year,
The Chairman:-
Over $4000 was paid last year by this firm, and this
year they have paid $1600 odd.
102 8
87
Shelton wooper:-
70267
How much do you think you paid last year to Government
Officials, for bribes and presents ?
A.
Lau Chu Pak;-
10238
The chairman:~
• Lau Chu Pak: -
The Chairman; -
If you ask me how much, I dont know. Some larger
expenses are also put dom there. A great many of the
accounts were proper payments to people.
Those payments dont come to much, according to your 185
book.
What was that payment to the Portugese foreman ?
$6 every month - No 2 District.
That must have beon Rocha. His term is just up, and he
has cleared.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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