CO129-278 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [11-12] — Page 71

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I have been living in this house since the 7th moon of last year. After the Detectives were banished on account of the seizure at No. 3 East Street, I went to Canton and stayed there about a fortnight. I then came back to Hongkong but left for Canton again in a few days. I have been going up and down between Canton and Hongkong since.

While I was employed at the out office of the gambling house, I used to make up parcels of money daily to be distributed to various people. I used also to distribute the parcels.

I distributed the parcels in the out office.

I used also to write on the various parcels the name of the person for whom the parcel was intended, and the amount that the parcel contained. I was also employed to supervise the watchmen and see that they did their duties.

Lam Chi kept a book in which he made entries of the payments, but I did not write in it. I never read it, Lam Chi would not let me see it. I used to make up only 5 large parcels a day. The large parcels, with the exception of Young Fat's, did not contain smaller ones inside. Lam Chi used to tell me to put up so much money for a certain person, and I put it up and wrote the name and the amount on the outside.

The five parcels that I made up daily were

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68 I have been living in this house since the 7th moon of last year. After the Detectives were banished on account of the seizure at No. 3 East Street, I went to Canton and stayed there about a fortnight. I then came back to Hongkong but left for Canton again in a few days. I have been going up and down between Canton and Hongkong since. While I was employed at the out office of the gambling house, I used to make up parcels of money daily to be distributed to various people. I used also to distribute the parcels. I distributed the parcels in the out office. I used also to write on the various parcels the name of the person for whom the parcel was intended, and the amount that the parcel contained. I was also employed to supervise the watchmen and see that they did their duties. Lam Chi kept a book in which he made entries of the payments, but I did not write in it. I never read it, Lam Chi would not let me see it. I used to make up only 5 large parcels a day. The large parcels, with the exception of Young Fat's, did not contain smaller ones inside. Lam Chi used to tell me to put up so much money for a certain person, and I put it up and wrote the name and the amount on the outside. The five parcels that I made up daily were 88

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: 68 house since the 7th. moon of last year. After the Detectives were banished on account of the seizure at No.-3 East Street,' I went to Canton and stayed there about a fortnight. I then came back to Hongkong but left for Canton again in a few days. I have been going up and down between Canton and Hongkong since. While I was employed at the out office of the gambling house, I used to make up parcels of money daily to be distributed to various people. I used also to distribute the parcels. I distributed the parcels in the out office. I used also to write on the various parcels the name of the person who the parcel was for, and the amount that the parcel contained. I was also employed to supervise the watshmen and see that they did their duties. Lam Chi kept a book in which he made entries of the payments, but I did not write in it. I never read it, ban Chi would not let me see it. I used to make up only 5 large parcels a day. The large parcels with the exception of Young Fat's did not contain smaller ones inside. ban Chi used to tell me to put up so much money for a certain person, and I put it up and wrote the name and the amount on the outside. The five parcels that I made up daily were 88

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house since the 7th. moon of last year. After the Detectives were

banished on account of the seizure at No.-3 East Street,' I went

to Canton and stayed there about a fortnight. I then came back

to Hongkong but left for Canton again in a few days. I have been

going up and down between Canton and Hongkong since.

While I was employed at the out office of the

gambling house, I used to make up parcels of money daily to be

distributed to various people. I used also to distribute the

parcels.

I distributed the parcels in the out office.

I used also to write on the various parcels the name of the

person who the parcel was for, and the amount that the parcel

contained. I was also employed to supervise the watshmen and see

that they did their duties.

Lam Chi kept a book in which he made

entries of the payments, but I did not write in it. I never read

it, ban Chi would not let me see it. I used to make up only 5

large parcels a day. The large parcels with the exception of

Young Fat's did not contain smaller ones inside. ban Chi used to

tell me to put up so much money for a certain person, and I put

it up and wrote the name and the amount on the outside.

The five parcels that I made up daily were

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