CO129-517-9 Smuggling of Chinese into United Kingdom and America 14-5-1929 - 9-9-1930 — Page 7

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States of America, but these also appear to be invalid ( out

It also contained local currency in bank notes

of date).

of the face value of $2085.00 and deposit receipts for $17,750 of which $14,500 was invested in the WING HING()

Chinese Bank, now defunct. Of the liquid cash referred to above WONG SAU NGA said that $600.00 belonged to an intending

emigrant to United States of America named LI WING PIU

(*) who was on the premises. He also stated that one CHAU MAN KAM of Hoi Ping, () () China,

周文錦)(

owned $250.00 of the said $17,750.00. He claimed the

remainder of the money as his property accrued from his

Export business and money realised on the sale of a house in England (72 West India Dock, sold for £1,350. 0. 0.).

There was a letter in Chinese from one YUEN LAN

() to uncle SAU NGA (WONG SAU NGA) in which, reference

(麥福

is made to one MAK FUK) who was deported to China

from England, reference is also made to Chinese who had transgressed the gambling and drugs ( opium) acts in England

and were punished.

In this letter another Chinese named

CHONG CHOI (3) is said to have been deported to China in connection with a Dancing Saloon and the premises ( HANG FA LAU ? ) (*) were closed. This letter is dated

14th January,1930.

In a second letter SAU NGA ( WONG SAU NGA) is

requested to make necessary arrangments to enable a certain

Chinese to enter the United States of America. This letter

is dated 20th May, 1930.

Another letter dated 21st December,1929, refers to

a Chinese who had been admitted into Manila and who had

obtained the necessary documents.

Other documents in Chinese written by LAN CHAK

Colonial

(WONG WO who was deported from Hong Kong vide

Secretary's Office file 124 in 5/28) were found. WONG SAU

NGA states that these documents refers to statements of