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329. Then why do you call it smuggling?
A. He wanted to smuggle it into Hongkong.
330.-But why should he not? You attach all these words to junks, but why was
it smuggling?
A.-The amount he paid was not sufficient for the tax.
331.-Do you know what the tax would be?
A.--It would be more than $7. It was only a guard boat he paid it to.
Mr. RUSSELL.-In fact it was a squeeze.
332. Had he not a paper?"
A.-No; he could not produce any papers. There was another case on the 25th February of a junk taken out of British waters.
333. Did you report that?
A. Yes.
- 334.-Where was that?
A.-At a village called Wongmakok, at the corner of Stanley Bay.
335.-How did
you know it was in British waters?
A.--He pointed out the place where he was anchored. -
336. You did not see the Cruiser?
A.--I saw the Cruiser passing about twenty minutes before towards the spot.
337.-How far was this from our shore?
A.--He was lying within 15 yards.
338.-Was he at anchor before the Cruiser passed?
A. I did not see him until I boarded him, when he came into the harbour.
339.—You could not say whether he was 15 yards from the shore or not, except from the information the Chinese gave you?
A.-No. He had been severely maltreated by them. He had to be carried to the Station before he made the report.
340.-What sized boat was it that was seized?
A-300 piculs; no armament; and four of a crew.
341.-There was no fight then, unless on the one side?
A.-No.
He had some opium, and they took the opium away from him. He
was laden with 100 piculs of coal-dust from Shamshuipò, going North.
342.--Can you tell us anything else?
A.-No; that is all.
THOMAS MIDDLETON LEATHERBARROW, Second Boarding Officer, Harbour
Department, is examined-
343.-Where are you stationed now?
A.--At the Harbour Office.
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page 98.
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