Q. 380 money was repaid ?
If that money was repaid, I would have made an entry in the book.
Q. And you must have known if the money was repaid ?
A. Yes.
Q. And it never has been ?
A. I have never seen any repayment of the money.
The Chairman:- (To the Interpreter) The whole of this explanation might have been avoided if you knew your own language, and knew how to translate into English, shortly, the entry of the character that you have translated in some cases "lent".
Interpreter:- There is no entry as lent in these books, Sir.
Chairman:- Why did you say lent ?
Interpreter:- Because this gentleman said so; not a translation from this book. As far as I can recollect, I did not translate "lent".
Hewett:- I am quite sure, Sir, in two or three of the instances, he translated two or three cases as lent.
The Chairman:- (To the Interpreter) You look at the Chinese of those several entries. Read from the entries.
Interpreter:- 4th July. "Paid".
Sercombe Smith:- We only want one word, - 13th September ?
Interpreter:- "Paid".
Sercombe Smith:- 2nd October ?
Interpreter:- "Paid".
Sercombe Smith:- 17th November ?
Interpreter:- "Paid".
Sercombe Smith:- 22nd December ?
Interpreter:- "Paid".
Sercombe Smith:- 22nd February ?
Interpreter:- "Paid".
Sercombe Smith:- 3rd April ?
Interpreter:- "Paid".
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(To the Interpreter) The whole of this explanation might have been avoided if you knew your own language, and knew how to translate into English, shortly, the entry of the character that you have translated in
some cases "lent".
There is no entry as lent in these books, Sir.
Why did you say lent ?
Because this gentleman said so; not a translation from this book. As far as I can recollect, I did not
translate "lent".
I am quite sure, Sir, in two or three of the instances,
he translated two or three cases as lent.
(To the Interpreter) You look at the Chinese of those
several entries. Read from the entries.
4th July.
"Paid".
We only want one word, - 13th September ?
"Paid".
2nd October ?
"Paid".
17th November ?
"Paid".
22nd December ?
"Paid".
22nd February ?
"Paid".
3rd April ?
"Paid".
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