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28.

A. Yes.

Q. And as the further result of your inquiries, did you say this: If the amount was between $50 and $100, three silver dollars and three half yen were paid over, a loss of 45 cents to the recipient of his pay?

A. Yes.

Q. As a further result of your inquiries, did you report that if the pay of a man did not count out exactly in ten-cent pieces, anything from one to nine cents was not paid over?

A. Yes.

Q. Did you report that it was stopped in 1906?

A. Yes.

Q. Further as a result of your inquiries, did you report that in deducting any sum advanced by licensees of boarding houses for seamen to boatswains and head firemen from the pay of the crews of vessels, a certain commission was always and still is levied by Mr. Guterres?

A. Yes.

Q. You reported that if the sum to be deducted was from $20 to $50, the commission was $0.57?

A. Yes.

Q. If from $50 to $100, it was $1.07?

A. Yes.

Q. And from $100 to $150 it was $1.57?

A. Yes.

Q. And from $150 to $200 it was $3.07?

A. Yes.

Q. On the 12th November did two men, Chok Fu and Ng Ying Sing, come to the Central Police Station?

A. Yes.

Q. And they spoke to you?

A. Yes.

Q. What did they report to you?

A. They said they had been at the Shipping Office two days previously.

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28. A. Yes. Q. And as the further result of your inquiries, did you say this: If the amount was between $50 and $100, three silver dollars and three half yen were paid over, a loss of 45 cents to the recipient of his pay? A. Yes. Q. As a further result of your inquiries, did you report that if the pay of a man did not count out exactly in ten-cent pieces, anything from one to nine cents was not paid over? A. Yes. Q. Did you report that it was stopped in 1906? A. Yes. Q. Further as a result of your inquiries, did you report that in deducting any sum advanced by licensees of boarding houses for seamen to boatswains and head firemen from the pay of the crews of vessels, a certain commission was always and still is levied by Mr. Guterres? A. Yes. Q. You reported that if the sum to be deducted was from $20 to $50, the commission was $0.57? A. Yes. Q. If from $50 to $100, it was $1.07? A. Yes. Q. And from $100 to $150 it was $1.57? A. Yes. Q. And from $150 to $200 it was $3.07? A. Yes. Q. On the 12th November did two men, Chok Fu and Ng Ying Sing, come to the Central Police Station? A. Yes. Q. And they spoke to you? A. Yes. Q. What did they report to you? A. They said they had been at the Shipping Office two days previously.
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28.

A.

Yes.

Q.

-

And as the further result of your inquiries,did you say this If

the amount was between $50 and $100,three silver dollars and three

kalf yen were paid over,a loss of 45 cents to the recipient of hie

pay?

A. Yes.

92

Q.

As a further result of your inquiries,did you report that if the pay

of a man did not count out exactly in terpent pieces, anything from

one to nine cents was not paid over?

A.

Yes.

Q.

Did you report that it was stopped in 1906?

A.

Yes,

Q. Further as a result of your inquiries,did you report that in deduo-

ting any gume advanced by licencess of boarding houses for seamen to

boatswains and bead firemen from the pay of the crews of veɛzols of a

certain commission was always and still is levied by Mr. Guterres?

A. Yes.

Q. You reported that if the gun to be deducted was from $20 to $50, the

commission was $57

A. Yes.

Q. If from $50 to $100,it was $107

A. Yes,

2.

And from $100 to $150 it was $157

A. Yes,

2.

And from $150 to $200 it was $307

A.

Yes.

Q.

On the 12th November did two men Chok Fu and Nɛ Ying Sing come to

the Central Police Station?

A.

YOB.

Q.

And they spoke to you?

A. Yes.

2. That did they report to you?

A. They said they had been at the Shipping Office two days previousl ̧

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