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14.

rate, to pay

to pay all necessary contingencies

and disbursements, and

lastly to

apply the surplus to pay the principul

sums of $2,400, and $ 1000, advanced

Se

to

by myself and So Siving. chang- The Memorial was drawn up by Mr. Farrant - I paid nothing Mr. Gutzlaff for the document. – I

& for the fish market,

· from the fishermen themselove. I think

receive Cent

that Le- Een-teen has still a shave

one when

in the market. He had

I had one-

It was not an empty

share" ("F). He paid for it $750

to Atai. I have not heard that

my specific

sum is.

is paid to any

their

Government Servant or

Servants or Compradores.

(Signed / 3400-Avan [in Chinese ]

Sworn, taken and acknowledged before

(Signed) Chas: Molloy Campbell.

(ii) "Empty

share mear

ns an

honorary share.

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15.

William Farrant, Swom, states :.

The letter

is in

some

novo

o produced, dated sno

my oven hand writing

· July,

from Afoon in January last that

Chinese Servants of Government were in the habit of exterling money from their Countrymen under falen pretences. He came

about nine o'clock in the month.

This was

to my

one n

house

morning

of January last ..

about the time that atai

applied to Register an assignment from Aque to himself . Afoon then

stated to me, that he had Reasons

to believe that this

wows a

fraudulent

assignment, and that the signature of Aqui was forged ;

20

for thinking. evidence to prove

were

and his Reasons

that he had

that Aqui

10ad

not out of the house at the time the assignment

rvas

executed, and

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