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You have not seen the original of that rubber stamp?
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Q. If I say it is my stone chop?
A. I described it as a chop, I don't know whether it is a rubber or a
Q.
stone one.
It is constantly kept under lock and key; I use it myself in applying the seal to government secret and confidential documents; what you saw would be quite consistent with that?
A. Yes.
Q.
A.
You say you asked for the numbers of these temporary deposit receipts issued, and you have not had them yet. This you asked at the same time
with a lot of other questions?
On that Sunday afternoon I made a special point that I should be
notified immediately they were issued.
Q. I think it was on a special foolscap sheet by itself.
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Q.
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Q.
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Q.
You asked for
the numbers issued, the officers handling them and the number remaining. You also asked for a specification of the chop and a
specification of the forms?
Possibly.
If I say it takes quite a considerable time to get all these details you would have no reason to doubt that?
I should have
thought that the number issued could have been told me on the day after Chinese New Year, and what is more, I think it should have been. You realize that these things were sent out to a number of different officers who worked on ships, who were not always available, and therefore I would have to wait till I could get in touch with these officers and get the returns from them before I could find out how many deposit receipts were issued by each?
I should not have thought it would take six weeks.
That should be obvious from their returns which are in your own
office.
So
I am not sure about that. One of the things the Treasury referred to was "What steps have been taken to ensure that the thumb print of a certain person on the face of the deposit receipt was the same as
that on t
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