CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6] — Page 217

I have

A

share in the syndicate

divided

Myself.

The profits

are

According

to the value of the shares

in the waters of the Colony.

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Besides the fee for the ofeum Farmer's

permit I paid up to July 1899

-seven dollars & cheat for

bubes & the

held by

each member,

but I get

a double share of the proceeds in

Leven dollars forchest

Hongkong Police. Insed topay the

for.

bribes to

for my

proportion to myshere in the capital

trouth in acting Agent.

I. purchase the opium for smuggling

the Polin to cheng On, the thirf

from the Tim an

raw opium

dealer's shop. Over and above the

Market value of the opice.

m

I pay

a rule $80 a chest for the Opium Farmer's permit to cover the Opium

Excise

m

the Opium Farm.

When I began to act as Agent for

the Syndicate of Smugglern cheng On took me to the Pan Tony Eating house

i'n

Amy Kong

tosee a Alinese.

detective in the Police Force called

Offiar