CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6] — Page 19

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The Company took action for money. The police seized the junks, the sai lors in the Government steamlaunch say so. That is why the fokis stop- ped working. I do not know myself. I only give you the information what the sailors say. I took between $1,000 and $2,000 a year for the shells I dredged. The expenses were over one half the incore. Sometirss ke got $100 sometimes $50 and at least $50 each clear profit. There were 10 or 11 of us in the junk sharing profit. The junk got 1 and a helf, and the individual one share. I took the juna's share. 1 mace 1 teu is my calculation. I calculate by money 1 and a half share for the junk was for repair. I had also 1 share for myssif. I did not make any claim for compensation at the time I stopped dredging. I did not care to make any claim then. My guild, my shall gathering guild determined to make the clain. My guild want to get rid of the Company, I never tried to cca- tinue dredging. I sold to San Shing Lee. I do not know who made up my Boccunt in the case. I do not know who put in the amount of $1,66 as the amount. I forget how much I got from the Yes Kes. The limeburners know. It was the shell guild who sent for me. I was a member then but not now. When i refer to the guild I read the rims gatherers. Sun Tak Sing sent for me.

Junk Chan Hing. (7th. witaass)

Wan Tim stetas: - I am the master of the Chan Hing Junk. I sold it last year the 29th. in the 2nd. moon. I am a lime burner at Fing Cry and at Kwai Chung last year. I have best dreiging for 10 years end by father before me for 40 years, I dredged at Ping Obau. I stopped dredg- ing Sth. moon of the th. year, end started again in the 9th. moon of the 26th, year and 1 considered continued the dredging unvil I sold the junk. The junk is now a cargo boat to Fing Hoi. I do not expect any com- censation but what I want is to get rid of the taxes imposed by the sheli gatherers, then I could sturved again. We have to get a licenos and that is the sems as customs. I did not have a licnos from the Chinese Government for dredging. I had a trading junk licence and that enables us to dredge. Some one offered $1,500 to the Sun On Magistrate for such license, but the magistrats refused such licence saying there