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all about it. He told us, what we knew all the time, that you did write bills for the Contractors, and that you wrote more than anybody else, he thinks the Contractors don't always pay you, that they don't pay you so much as they ought, but that you receive payment there can be no doubt. Why did not you tell us that?
A.-In fact when I wrote the bills I expected they would pay me.
Q.-But you did not tell us that; you pretended you had no such expectation.
A.-I said I had not received the money.
Q.-But you have received money?
A. Only last year I received a few dollars.
do
Q. How much?
A. Three years ago
I received $25 from one man,
but last year and the year
before I received no money.
Q.-There is another point I want to ask you about. Are you interested in horse racing at all? Do you ever join in sweepstakes?
A. No.
Q.--Did you know HO CHUNG-SHANG, who was the shroff in the Stamp Office?
A.--Yes.
Q.-Do you remember he used to bet a good deal on horse races?
A. Yes, somebody told me so.
Q.-Well, do you ever bet on horses?
A.-No.
Q. Do you ever go to the Portuguese Club?
A.-No.
Q.-Have you never been there?
A. Once I was in the Cosmopolitan Club with a friend.
Q. Did you see Mr. FRASER-SMITH there?
A.-No.
Q. Do you know Mr. FRASER-SMITH?
A.-No.
Q.-Don't know him if you meet him in the street?
A. Even if I meet him I don't know him.
Q. Do you ever speak to him?
A.-No.
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