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to him and praying that His Excellency would take his case into his careful e p sideration and grant him his pension.

6.-Up to the present your Petitioner has received no reply to that Peti- tion, he therefore humbly prays that you, Sir, will take his case into your con- sideration and order the pension he has earned by long, faithful, and honest ser- vice, in a British Colony, to be paid to him.

He is, Sir,

Your most humble obedient servant

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EN CLOSURE 2.

22 JC 3

Victoria Gaol.

28th. September, 1897.

Present Chinese Sergeant No.164,Lo Tung Chi.

Sam Yin states I recognise the Chinese Police -

man present. His name is Lo Tung Chi.He is a Sergeant.He was

stationed at the Central. I have known him for 3 years. During

all that time he was stationed at the Central Station.

I recognise the paper produced. It is a list of

the persons who received bribes on account of the gambling

house that I kept in Wa Lane. There is an entry in the list

Tung Chi 7+5+3.This entry occurs under the heading "Kam's

hand".

This entry means that $1.50 a day was paid to

Lo Tung Chi, the Chinese Sergeant.

At first I paid 70 cents a day for him to Tang

Kam. That was about 3 years ago. Tang Kam arranged the matter.

I knew him at that time. I used to see him about the charge

Room when I came up to hear cases at the Police Court.

Last year Lo Tung Chi himself came to me at No.

3,East Street and asked me for more money. He said he was not

getting enough. I do not remember the month. It was near the

end of the year. I agreed to pay 50 cents which was the sum he asked for. After that I paid Tang Kam $1.20 daily for him up

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