CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6] — Page 246

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When I was on the Detective

Staff

all the members of

the

staff including English and Chinese Police received presents in

money from the Licensed Teunbrokers

Heong Kong.

The presents

presents were

given at

was a Constable

Christmas time. I

the Detective Staff

on

received $20

Cu

and

Detective Sergeants got

year. Chinese

more

I believe that

Inspectors Stanton and Quinary

believe $50 a

got

$200 a

each. The

Loung

year

Jik and Ri Shang Pawnshops

used to pay out the

out the money;

The

but

all the pawnshops.

money was subscribed by

These presents

were

paid to the

Police in order to induce the

Police not to give trouble to the rawnshops when searching for stolen property

And I make this solemn

Declaration Conscientionaly believing

the

same to be true and by vertive

of