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Appendix 25.

STATEMENTS, &c., REGARDING KW'ONG CHÉUNG, HEAD DISTRICT WATCHMAN, AND PÓ LEUNG KUK DETECTIVE.

Kuk ?

Extract from evidence of Inspector Stanton.

Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD,—-Do you know Kw'ong Cheung, now a detective of the Pó Léung

A. Yes.

Q.--Was he formerly in the Police Force ?

A.-He was.

Q-Was he reduced in rauk for doings in connection with the banishment of boiler-makers in Hunghom Dock ?

A. Yes.

Q. How long ago was that?

A. That was in 1889, I think.

Q.-Subsequent to severing his connection with the Police Force and previous to his appointment as Head District Watchman, was he assistant to a Coolie Boarding-house keeper named SIN MUN?

A-Yes, I have heard this. SIN MUN cleared to Singapore.

Q.-Was it reported there was a warrant out for his arrest by the Chinese Authorities?

A-It was reported so.

The CHAIRMAN.--With regard to KW'ONG CHEUNG, when he left the Police Force, what was his character?

A.-I suppose it would be fair. I could not say.

Q. You don't know the character of the man when he left the Police Force ?

A.—I could not say. I know he was a detective for some years.

Q. How many years?

A.--A long time.

Q-Was he considered satisfactory for many years?

A. He was for a long time.

Q.--And his connection with SIN MEN you only know by hears ty?

A. That is all.

Statement by Kw1ony Chéung.

KWONG CHEUNG states,—

I left the Police Force on the 14th August, 1891, and returned to Canton on the 18th, where I stayed in the Watch House of the four temples in Sai Kwan till the 14th September, when I returned to Hongkong. On the following day I came to see the Registrar General. On the 18th, I returned to my country to repair my house, and came back to Hongkong on the 16th October for money, (which I drew from the Hongkong and Shanghai Savings Bank). On the 19th, I returned again to Canton and stayed in the same place as before. On the 17th November, I came back to Hongkong. On the 1st December, I was appointed Head Watchman of the District by the Government on the recommendation of the Káifong, and subsequently, on the 10th April of this year, I was transferred from the watch force to the Pó Léung Kuk for service as a detective.