CO129-508-5 Supreme Court of Hong Kong- slackness of registry accounting methods 28-10-1927 - 23-4-1928 — Page 138

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Also that he informed you it would be necessary to remove and sell certain perishable stores. With these certain crockery and glass was sold.

I have no recollection of this. Can Mr. Hill

give the name of the A.P.C. representative?

I have no recollection of this and think he's mistaken. I should anyhow have thought that he had made the arrangement with the Solicitors.

Yes, he said that some things were going bad. I was not at the time aware of the sale of crookery and glass.

Hughes & Hough were still in business in 1925.

Apart from the fact that the A. & B. Co. Ltd. was believ- ed to get better prices, was there any reason for with- drawing from them the bulk of the Government Sales?

Hughes & Hough had always formerly had a European representative. When their European Representative left it was not quite so satisfactory.

Did you give any order for sale of jewellery auctions 45,46 and 466 of 1925 - and do you consider

that the prices fetched were reasonable?

Jewellery is kept as long as possible but if an

estate is insolvent it has to be sold. The relatives

are always asked first to find funds.

Beck's estate which is included in these auctions

was insolvent. All were sold on the order of the

Registrar and the prices were reported. I consider

the prices were reasonable having regard to the

very poor quality of the jewellery.

To whom would account sales be sent by autioneers?

There seems to be doubt as to who actually received

these and how they were disposed of.

I think account sales would come to the

Registrar.