CO129-276 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [6-8] — Page 623

(23, was in 108. The actual gambling was carried on sometimes in No.2 and sometimes in No.5. They both belonged to the same establishment. There was another place, No.2, Nghwai Jong, to which the gambling was sometimes shifted. The something in No.275 had been carried on about five years.

It was carried on now and then. In this year it was carried on every day from the 2nd February to the 18th June. It was carried on from top to 12 midnight on during last year it was carried for six months every now and then in broken periods. In previous years it was also carried on in broken periods. I was there solely to look after the account. I also handled the money. I know Jury Kam [identifies him]. I have been in the habit of paying him money. I paid him daily. In the first months of this year I paid him $20 odd; this was up to the fifth moon. Sometime in the fifth moon I began paying at the rate of $31.55. It was on the first decade of the fifth moon - from the 31st May to the 10th June. In the third moon I was tranng $ao odd. The money was handed over to Jang Hum to distribute among policemen.

I knew a man called Cheng On [identifies him]. I have seen him in connexion with this business. I saw him on or about the 2nd March last. He came to my place at No.8 East Street. He came by himself. I had a conversation with him. When he came up he said he was sent by No.12. In No.13's Section there was no more gambling carrying on now. No.12 had sent him to give me a message. He said, "No.12 says you should give him a dollar a day." Then I said "no doubt he went in to lie in wait for some time in the first and chased after the jokesters and beat them? If I allow him a dollar a day, he must not chase or beat my fokis." Cheng On said, "Yes, if you give him money, he will not chase or beat your fokis." Then the conversation ended. I agreed to pay a dollar to No.12. Chong On suggested that I should pay him 10 cents for his trouble. I agreed to do this. He said, "You can hand the money to Jangham and I will receive it from him." I did not see him again after this. The first payment was made to Jeny Kam on the 14th March. There was only one interview between Cheng On and myself about the matter. That was on the 12th March.