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do for me if you like. I had a licence in the 29th, ysar in the name of

Lam Tung Shun. I will shew the licence tomorrow. The 190 vasis I re-

ceived is the total proceeds of the sale of shells in the 29th. year.

I did nothing in the 29th. year except dredging at Ping Cheu. I did not

have a Chinese Government Licence. He gave a little odmshaw to the

Deputy.

Junk How Ki. ( 4th, witness)

Yeu Kow states:- The name of my junk is Kox Ki. 1 Live at Sai Kon.

ky junk is on shore at Sai Kor. It is only leasing not rotuen. No one

hired my boat I have no money to repair the leaks. I have been dredging, et Ping Chau for 9 years. Wy lacber dredged there before re in a dif-

ferent junk. 1 stopped working after the start of the Company, ss I

could not get sufficient money. I am working as a coolie at Sham Shui

Po, not fixed to any fiem. I am a street ccolis. I saro 10 cents a day

and I pay my own living out of that. I live in a bot now in the Junk.

the leaking means damage of my Juan. I received ? candareens per tau

for the shells I dredged. I could get candersens now. I dredged ?

months in the 29th. year. In the 5th, noon of the 28th. I found I could,

not get sufficient to pay the foxis. The fokis run away because they

could not get sufficient. I lost about $2 a day after the start of the Company. I had to pay & cendarsona per Tau taxes to tam Dcapuly. I stopped when the Company started. I stopped in the Sth. moon of the 26th, year. The Company started in the 6th. noon. do one suggested I should stop. Ahen one cannco get sufficient the others cannct. All the junks stopped. He stopped because we could not sera sufficient. We did not pay anything to the Chinese Government. I paid R candersens per tau to the Company myself. I mean the Compeny neted me to pay such a duty, I refused to pay and then I stopped. fhe line burners pay the same

price as before. The lire burners pay 12 candersens cer cau,to the large junks. There were 2 prices for shells before, the better shell collected by the large junks get a better price. In the 20th. year and at the time my father dredged at Ping Chau the orice aes f candersons per tau nst. There was no jealousy between the Shaw Shui Fo limeburner