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FORTY NINTH MEETING.

Wednesday the 23rd January 1907, at 2.30 p.m.

Tio Ronourable Er E. A. Hewett, presided:-

All the Members present:-

Chow Mui Kwal, dworn:-

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The Chairman:

:-12165 Your name is Chow Kui œwai ?

A.

Yes.

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Would you rather be exwined in English or in Chinese ?

A.

In Chinese.

Mr Rall acts as Interpreter.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

GO. 537

37

RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

OUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH-

COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH - NOT TO BE

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68 Q.

The Chairman:-

And what is your Hakka name ?

Well, it is pronounced by the Cantonese,

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Mai swai, but it was changed into Mul wwai.

Have you got those papers from Granada ?

Witness produces papers.

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the name is

He has got certificates here under the name of Na

Kwai.

That is the Hakka TEMA®,

Yr Lau Chu Pak:-

The Interpreter:-

Ma Kai,

Ir Shelton Hooper:-

The chairman:-

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was born.

- the rice was dearest in the year that he

I see he is also called Thomas.

That is his Christian name.

certificate

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(The Chairman reads

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o the affect that wi'neau is a member of

the Church of England of et Vargaret and St Mary,

British quina, and also a certificate from Georgetown,

Demerara, to the effect that witness went to that

Colony when young în 1860 ko). Well now, Chow Mui

Kwai, you are a Christian, and you have very good

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papers, and a long record from the Government service,

and that is all the more reason why you should tell

the truth.

What I say is all true,