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527.-What do
you mean?
A.--It was divided into so many shares.
528.-You say one half went to the launch and one half to the Commissioner? A. Yes, it was supposed to go to the launch.
529.-But you got a third?
A.-Well, we were supposed to get a third. It all depends on the Commissioner of Customs at Canton and the markets.
530.—But that is not very clear. If half went to the launch did you get a third of the half or a third of the whole of the capture?
A. A third of the half.
531.-How much did you make a month, including your salary? $240 you said,
I think?
A.-$150 or $200.
532.-You said before you have seized rice coming into the Colony, and that you have been offered bribes by junks to let rice pass?
A. Yes.
533.-What was the largest amount of opium you ever seized? 450 is what you gave to the Secretary.
A.-Close on that; about 450.
534.—That was in the Kapshuimún?
A. Yes.
535. Had you any fight for that?
A.-No.
536-That opium and cargo was forfeited?
A. Yes, boat and all.
537. You also found some arms and ammunition under Chefoo beans you said before?
A.-Yes.
538.-Is not that the same you referred to a minute ago as Foochow beans?
A.-No; this was a different case.
539. Then the only means you had of knowing a vessel was smuggling was infor- mation from runners from Hongkong or Macao?
A. Yes. They used generally to come out to us, and got a share as well. They come out in a sampan and point out the junk, and after we make the seizure we give them the prize tickets, and they go to Canton and receive their own money.
540.-Is there anything else about this you can tell us; anything that has not been asked you?
A.-No, only I know there are a good many junks that smuggle ? here now going away from Hongkong.
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