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358. Are you aware of any junks specially fitted out with arms for the smuggling
of opium?
A.-No.
359.-Have you known any of that class of vessel since you joined the service?
A.--No.
Joaquim José COLLAÇO is examined-
360. You have been Inspector of Junks in the Harbour Department since the beginning of 1869?
A. Yes.
361.-Do you know anything about opium leaving this Harbour, how it is taken out, whether in large boats or small boats?
A.-Different sized junks take opium in the clearances. Sometimes you find one or two balls not in the clearance, and they say they belong to passengers. Then I send
them to the Harbour Office to enter it in the clearance.
362. Have you ever seen any fighting in the Harbour?
A.-No.
363. Or in the waters close to it?
A.-No.
364. Have you heard of any fights within the waters between junks and Revenue Cruisers?
A.-No.
365. Neither inside the waters nor out?
A.—I have never seen anything of the kind in English waters. I know nothing about outside.
366.-Your duties do not take you beyond the Harbour?
A.-No.
WONG LÜ-P'ANG, Sergeant Interpreter at No. 7 Police Station, is examined--
367.-How long have you been in the Police Service?
A.-About eight years and three months.
368. You were formerly employed as an Interpreter in the Pingchauhoi, were you not?
A. Yes.
369.--How many years were you on board her?
A.-About three years.
370.—During your experience in the P'ingchauhoi have you ever seen any fights with opium smugglers and salt smugglers, first, outside the Waters of the Colony, and secondly, inside?
A.-I never saw any fights. I have seen the P'ingchauhoi fire at junks, but the fire was never returned. They fired to make them heave to, and when they came round, then they would be searched.
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