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interest in the Market,

or

that be

he got

any money from them ; but I have heard from other Chinese not connected with the Market that Major

Major Cancée, Compradore got money of it .. I have

had

a good deal to do with the Market people professionally, but never

་་་་་བབ་པ་མི

as to the Chinese division of shares. I always confined myself to who

owners accor

the legal English Law.

were

according to the

[ Signed) N. DE. Parker .

Sworn, taken and

acknowledged before me (Signed) Chas: Molloy Campbell. Sam-Alsey (2) Sworn, states : - I builder and Contractor .. Sapplied

an a

to erect a Market at

for permission to erect a .

() Note. This Pame. Alsoy

vval a

case in which I was Comed,

ire a

Witness for Mesor Dent &6

and swore falsely; so much so, that his evidence

avas

rejected.

(Signed) Chas: Molloy (ampbell.

1

the lower Bazaar about four

ago,

and had

a

conversation

bre

subject with Sean the Treasur

dore, who told

Comprador

only have the Market,

me

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the

the

that Scould.

I for one year

the rate of $50 a month, and not

five yeare further

ao

at

t for

I wished. And Avan

said that Ishould have to

e

pay Major Caine $ 500 besides for permission

to have this market.

Aoan told me

that Major

instructed him to ack

Caine had

arre

for the

$500 . . I told this to Mr. Tarrant

who wrote

a

Letter to the Colonial a

Secretary in my

for permission

to erect the market. The

a rever-

that I should have to

being

6 Jay

$100

a

I gave up

the

month Pent, Sq.

idea of a market altogether. Acan

did not

No on.

stavne

one rvae

Se. Een been to me.

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