CO129-403 - Governor Sir May Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1913 [8-10] — Page 124

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(b)

(c)

(a)

Farmer pays him the money because the former

Farmer paid it. The present Farmer objected to

the payment but finally agreed to make it, as

I am informed, to avoid offending Sir K'ai.

The Pawnbrokers Guild pay Sir K'ai $600 per

annum. Sir K'ai is not the legal adviser of

the Guild and does no legal work for it. The

payment is made, I am informed, because it has

been customary to make it and to discontinue it

might cause trouble with Sir K'ai.

An examination of the books of the notorious

Sze Yep Association, which was so prominent in

the recent boycott of the Low Level Tramway

Company, revealed an entry of $200 as retainer

to Sir K'ai Ho K'ai. The date of the entry is

almost at the very time when the Society was openly

defient of the Government, and was so closely

associated with the Government of Canton that

it was practically managing that administration

from the Colony.

The Chinese restaurante retain him by an annual

fee and two dinners. He does no work for them.

3. In the course of the enquiry the books

of all the Registered Societies in the Colony have bee

exemined without the discovery of fees to Sir K'ai

except in the instance mentioned in (c). It is quite

possible however, that such fees are not entered in

the books and the payments to which I have referred

show a strong presumption that the rumour is not

without foundation.

4. (1) Sir K'ai Ho K'ai was intimately

connected

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