CO129-339 - Acting Governor May Governor Nathan - 1907 [1-3] — Page 333

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101

* 10

et skans 17%, ker

.ཆུ་

C

A.

329

RO,

-12-

there are two entries for the poultry and for the

pigeons, that is all nothing else.

Anything else?

A.

That is all.

Mr. May:

poultry? What are the other items on the bill then besides the

***

3.93 (*

A

:

*.*

The Interpreter:

There are two items of poultry in the first place, then the pigeons and then there is: "The 4th moon 10th day deducting what has been received there is due money 3 tasis 6." That is in the body of

the account.

Mr. Thomson:

です

It is all repaid, all that total. It is a

drawback off that bill.

The Interpreter: Well he had borrowed money from him, ten

dollars, and he gave him five.

Mr. May: Doesn't that item that you have translated, I don't

A.

quite know how you have translated it, the item of the 10th day 4th moon is that not an item repayment of

five dollars?

It is this: he paid five dollars and was still due five

dollars. Yes that is what it is.

His Bellenay: What was that due for?

A

A.

He borrowed it from me.

Mr. May:

You have got an item before that. You say there are two more items on the bill, besides poultry. You have one

of 3 taels 6 settled?

The Interpreter: The first is poultry, the second poultry

the third pigeons and the fourth this item of five dollars, and that is the whole of the body of the bill.

Mr. May: You have an entry of paid 3 taels 6?

The Interpreter:

That is the fourth item.

Mr. May: That is what I say. Will you read that?

The Interpreter: "Deducting what has been received there is

due money 3 taels 6.

Mr. May:

kata 36* no seli. ra Coy, Sig

Have you not got an item on the bill

that says 3 taels 6 has been paid?

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101 * 10 et skans 17%, ker .ཆུ་ C A. 329 RO, -12- there are two entries for the poultry and for the pigeons, that is all nothing else. Anything else? A. That is all. Mr. May: poultry? What are the other items on the bill then besides the *** 3.93 (* A : *.* The Interpreter: There are two items of poultry in the first place, then the pigeons and then there is: "The 4th moon 10th day deducting what has been received there is due money 3 tasis 6." That is in the body of the account. Mr. Thomson: です It is all repaid, all that total. It is a drawback off that bill. The Interpreter: Well he had borrowed money from him, ten dollars, and he gave him five. Mr. May: Doesn't that item that you have translated, I don't A. quite know how you have translated it, the item of the 10th day 4th moon is that not an item repayment of five dollars? It is this: he paid five dollars and was still due five dollars. Yes that is what it is. His Bellenay: What was that due for? A A. He borrowed it from me. Mr. May: You have got an item before that. You say there are two more items on the bill, besides poultry. You have one of 3 taels 6 settled? The Interpreter: The first is poultry, the second poultry the third pigeons and the fourth this item of five dollars, and that is the whole of the body of the bill. Mr. May: You have an entry of paid 3 taels 6? The Interpreter: That is the fourth item. Mr. May: That is what I say. Will you read that? The Interpreter: "Deducting what has been received there is due money 3 taels 6. Mr. May: kata 36* no seli. ra Coy, Sig Have you not got an item on the bill that says 3 taels 6 has been paid?
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101 * 10 et skans 17%, ker .ཆུ་ C A. 329 RO, -12- there are two entries for the poultry and for the pigeons, that is all nothing else. Anything else? A. That is all. Mr. May: poultry? What are the other items on the bill then besides the *** 3.93 (* A : *.* The Interpreter: There are two items of poultry in the first place, then the pigeons and then there is: "The 4th moon 10th. day deducting what has been received there is due money 3 tasis 6." That is in the body of the account. Mr. Thomson: です It is all repaid, all that total. It is a drawback off that bill. The Interpreter: Well he had borrowed money from him, ten dollars, and he gave him five. Mr. May: Doesn't that item that you have translated, I don't A. quite know how you have translated it, the item of the 10th. day 4th. moon is that not an item repagment of five dollars? It is this: ha paid five dollars and was still due five dollars. Yes that is what it is. His Bellenay: What was that due fort A A. He borrwed it from me. Mr. May: You have got an item before that. You say there are two more items on the bill,besides poultry. You have one of 3 thels 6 settled? The Interpreter- The first is poultry, the second poultry the third pigeons and the fourhh this item of five dollars, and that is the whole of the body of the bill. Mr. May: You have an entry of paid 3 taels 67 The Interpretar: That is the fourth item. Mr. May: That is what I say. Will you read that? The Interpreter: "Deducting what has been received thane is due money 3 taels 6. Mr. May: kata 36* no seli. ra Coy, Sig Have you not got an item on the bill taels 6 has been paid? that says 3 ?
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101

* 10

et skans 17%, ker

.ཆུ་

C

A.

329

RO,

-12-

there are two entries for the poultry and for the

pigeons, that is all nothing else.

Anything else?

A.

That is all.

Mr. May:

poultry?

What are the other items on the bill then besides the

***

3.93 (*

A

:

*.*

The Interpreter:

There are two items of poultry in the first place, then the pigeons and then there is: "The 4th moon 10th. day deducting what has been received there is due money 3 tasis 6." That is in the body of

the account.

Mr. Thomson:

です

It is all repaid, all that total. It is a

drawback off that bill.

The Interpreter: Well he had borrowed money from him, ten

dollars, and he gave him five.

Mr. May: Doesn't that item that you have translated, I don't

A.

quite know how you have translated it, the item of the 10th. day 4th. moon is that not an item repagment of

five dollars?

It is this: ha paid five dollars and was still due five

dollars. Yes that is what it is.

His Bellenay: What was that due fort

A

A.

He borrwed it from me.

Mr. May:

You have got an item before that. You say there are two more items on the bill,besides poultry. You have one

of

3 thels 6 settled?

The Interpreter- The first is poultry, the second poultry

the third pigeons and the fourhh this item of five dollars, and that is the whole of the body of the bill. Mr. May: You have an entry of paid 3 taels 67

The Interpretar:

That is the fourth item.

Mr. May: That is what I say. Will you read that?

The Interpreter: "Deducting what has been received thane is

due money 3 taels 6.

Mr. May:

kata 36* no seli. ra Coy, Sig

Have you not got an item on the bill

taels 6 has been paid?

that says 3

?

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