CO129-276 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [6-8] — Page 484

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one unless the writer has explained it. Or take the Daily slips of accounts the totale of which either to profit or loss each day

into the books and destroyed

has been struct.

Flere

are 18

of

of

are carried

as soon as a balance

these slips, all in precisely dicitar

them are for the 17th 18th of 19th December

form. Ilvee 1896- Jual after

the gambling house had been reopened after being temporarily clored as Sham Yen has the

other fifteen the 14th June

are consecutive

daily

tists and

telu

A

from

to the 18th June 1897 The books show that

June and the

the accounts were balanced to the 3

witicess Sham Yin stated that as oven as the balance

was struck the old daily lists skewing details of how

the

balances were arrived at were burnt. No

daily

daily

lists

were

· found relating to the dates between the 19th December 1896 and the 4th June 1897

It is bere they stew

Fliese

daily

lists bear no

year.

the mouth and day. They shew the daily receipts in

cash and

( pledges) and the daily expenditure

Jewellery (pledges)

headings "cash,

under the beadings

wages

sundries (oil &C)

Commission (beeks). On the back these daily lists shew

the additional beibes that were paid out of the bank

house in Wa Lave and also the w

or reserve money

at the

gambling #25 put

" on one side as " Tai Ping " Kept to pay legal expenses to in the event of the house getting into trouble, there is nothing however in this s list to enable an outsider to know that the figures