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James Thomas Cotton, sworn:-

EL. Cotton.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

GO. 537

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The Chairman:-

I see you have been in the Sanitary Department since

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the beginning of 1895 ?

A.

The 1st January 1895, Sir.

Q.

1:

What were you before that ↑

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A

I was a soldier. I joined the Royal Horse Artillery

in 1879 at York.

Q.

Were you engaged out here or at home ?

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A.

I came out here with a battery in 1883.

ar Shelton qooper:-

Of the Horge Artillery?

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Gaurinn

A

The Royal Herwe Artillery.

The Chairman:-

And then you purchased your discharge ?

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A.

I paid £18 and forfeited pay amounting to £36

deferid

altogether for my discharge.

And then what did you do ↑

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A.

I joined the Gaol Department on the 1st March 1886.

And then did you remain in the gaol until you joined

the Sanitary Department ?

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A.

A.

I remained under General Gordon till February 1887,

when I resigned from the Gaol Department and went to

the Imperial Chinese Customs at Canton.

Then you left the Customs at Canton and came hack to *****

the Sanitary Department, is that so

I was five years, some odd days, in the Customs, and I

resigned from the Customs Service,

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And then you came down and joined the Sanitary

Department?

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A.

I established myself as a tea merchant and commision

agent in Hankow after I left the Customs. I was

unfortunate enough to lone about $40,000 in Rankow by

a fire. I came down to Hongkong and established

business again in Canton. I had the misfortune to lose

and I closed the pince and joined the Gaol Department

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