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the subject, and only succeeded in eliciting answers extreme - ly damaging to himself as you will see by reference to the notes of evidence.

On the other hand I think the following points are worth noticing as shewing the genuineness of the list, and the truth of Sham In's statements in regard to it:-

(a) The insertion in the list of the names of

the intermediaries through whom the bribes were paid, and the fact that on enquiry these intermediaries were either found or only escaped being found by leaving the Colony. In three instances those that were found admitted, when questioned separately, that they had not only paid bribes but the exact

amount of the bribes appearing in the list as payable by

them to particular persons named in the list, which they

were not shewn and had never seen.

I would quote the instances of Cheng On and

Tang Kam who appeared on the list as the intermediaries

through whom Witchell was bribed and who gave evidence on

which Witchell was convicted; and of Wan Sing who appeared

on the list as the intermediary through various afficers

in the Registrar General's Department were bribed and who

gave evidence against Osmund, who has been dismissed the

Service.

(b) Sham In in his general statement made in

explanation