CO129-278 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [11-12] — Page 85

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For Kok Lun

Corcoran,

Foord

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July, yet he corroborates Sam Yin in the following important

points.

(a) The daily suas that he says he put up

for Baker, Stanton, & Corcoran (viz: $10, $5, $5 respectively)

correspond with the amounts set against these officers

in San Yin's List.

(b)He says that on the packet for Corcoran

he wrote the Chinese character for "Lun".

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Now it is a remarkable fact that in San Yint

list (in which Corcoran himself is designated as Luk Tau

Green Head Head of Police) there occurs (vice page 7 of the

translation of List H forming enclosure N in y report of

the 27th.of July last) an entry "Lun's boy" which Sam Yin!

when asked to explain it said meant "Corcoran's boy".

(c)He says that in the package of money that

he made up daily of Chu Tsai Kam was included a sum of

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$1,50 or $1.40a day for No.47.

That this particular lot of money was feich -

ed by a man named A Pong till A Pong was banished and that

after that the money was paid to Chu Tsai Kani,

Now a reference toy letter No.296 of the

6th. instant forwarding Sam Yin's statement regarding the

entry in his list referring to P. S. 47's number, will show

that $1.55 was the sun set against the Sergeant's number,

that