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records to shew. You have received that money, and

against that you have salaries, and different people

you have bought stores from. How do you know the two

accounts balance ?

The only thing is the pay sheets.

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If the Colonial Secretary came down and wanted to know,

you could not tell him at five minutes notice how you

stood ?

I get this cheque, and within the first four or five

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days of the month, I have paid the whole lot of the

money away.

You have vouchers ?

Ir Lau Chu Pak:-

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Yes.

38

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But you have no record 7

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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You see the total amount on the bill, and it is on this total amount on the pay sheet that thi̟e money is paid.

I have wages to pay and bills to pay and it comes to a certain amount. The Goverment through the Colonial Treasury gives me that amount, end I send down all these bills and pay sheets, and the bills are signed and

receipted.

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39 Q.

But you dont keep a record ?

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No, that is the only book I keep, and the payments are checked by means of the monthly accounts.

Fung Wa Chun:-

40

Suppose I ask you if you received $31,000 from the

Treasury last month.

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YOS.

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You paid it at once.

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Yes.

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42

Q.

To whom?

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By means of the pay sheets, I can show you to a cent, to

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