21.
20.
Seem
debt due by the Estate of his Brother Tong- Fium shing of which he was Administrator, Cheang . having become secur
security
Avan
when he
took out Lettive of Administration.
This
of money
was a
bonus
to Major Caine for having procured him Contracts from the Military.
I have
never mentioned this to
any person before .. I tried to get
a
to the conversation
which took place between myself and Isoo- Acan, but failed to do so... Afoon
Afoon stated to me that
unless he agreed to pay $ 700 at
one time out
of.
monies which he
would have to receive on completion
of his contract at Aberdeen, Major faine would enforce the payment of a fine for completion of the Contract in time.. Afoon
nan -
said in
245
arde
the presence of Mr. Cleverly that he was in the habit of paying money to Major Caine. He afterwar corrected himself and said he paid it to the Compradore, and get o Receipt for it, I have no share in any of the Markets - I have mortgages upon any of the Markets,
nor any
interest in
any of them. (Signed) W. Farrant. Sworn, taken and acknowledged before
a
ne,
(Signed) Chas: Molloy Campbell. Charles St George Cleverly, sworn, states :- Preceived the letter dated
گی
the 3rd July 1847%, from Mr. Tarant
on
that day.. Mr. Tarrant mentioned the substance of this letter to me about a
about a weeke
ago
in
general times; that is, that Major Caine's Compradore had been in the habit of squeezing Chinese,
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