CO129-570-14 Sino-Japanese War- attack on fishing junk by Japanese sailors 18-5-1938 - 22-12-1938 — Page 24

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1.

Statement of Claims.

The master of Junk No. 291 HW was registered

as Cheung Yung-kan alias Cheung Shap-ng, the son of Cheung Chik-lin, who was actually in charge at the time

of the attack. Cheung Yung-kan was fortunate in not

sailing on the junk in that trip.

2. The jurk was only about two years old and was designed for deep-sea fishing with lines, not with nets; the fishing was done from the sampuns carried on board. The crew carried by this type of fishing, junk, apart from the familie on board, generally numbers more than the hands employed on the net-trawling junks.

3.

A detailed analysis of the material losses suffered by the owner through the destruction of his junk is attached; the total amounts to $6,072.50.

4.

any families were affected by the deaths of

immediate rela'ives, and a full list of the known British

persons killed, and a further list of the names of their

de pendants, and those dependents' claims are attached. As in the Chelong case of September 1937, I have counted the loss of young children, even sons, as of no monetary account, and I again suggest an average of $300 compensation

a head for all adolescents or adults who had families or

close relatives depending on them.

5.

The total claims therefore for the junk, for

lives lost and for other property lost, come to H.K.$11,872.50.

(Sd.) J.C. McDouall.

Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

19. ix. 38.