CO129-020 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [5-8] — Page 251

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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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