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479.-Was there any one killed in the junk?
A.--Well we didn't know, because they got on the hills.
480.—What time was this?
A.-Between eight and nine o'clock.
481.-Can you remember what quantity of saltpetre there was?
A.-No. It was salt and sulphur.
482.-Do you remember what quantity?
A. As to the sulphur I cannot say, because there was a good deal of sulphur taken out and taken up the hills. The fishermen generally help the smugglers, because they get their salt cheap; 120 or 130 piculs of salt and 15 piculs of sulphur were in the junk when I seized her.
483. That is two cases.
Do
you remember any other cases?
A.--One case in the East Lamma.
484.-Was there any superior officer over you when you took the second junk?
A.-No. There were two launches together.
485.-You said you were in the dingy?
A.-I was in the dingy because we had seized a lot of small boats with salt-some 20 piculs, some 30, some 15, boats that had no business to carry Salt. My launch had no steam up, and we chased the boat from the Mainland to the other side of the Kapshui- mún in the dingy. There was another launch, and when they heard the firing they came to my assistance.
486.-Now what was the third case?
A.-There was a third case between the East and West Lamma.
487.-What were you it then?
A. The launch-the Kwashán.
488.-Well, what was it?
A. She had a lot of Foochow beans on board, and opium and arms underneath the bottom of the cargo.
489.-Did you
seize her?
A. Yes.
490. By information?
A. Yes, information from Hongkong.
491.-Were there any lives lost that time?
A.-No; we did not fire; we got very quietly on her.
492.-And how much opium did you get?
A.-300 odd balls.
493.--And what about the arms and ammunition?
A.-There were rifles, revolvers, and gingals, all stowed away under the Foochow
beans.
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