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Q.-Sometimes he told you that he had paid money on your account?
A.--He sometimes told me that the Inspectors had borrowed money-borrowed $30 and I said "It is very difficult for you to make money in business. If you offer them $15 and they won't have it then give them $20. It is very hard to make money?" I said If they say they will sue you and so on " I advised him, I said to him not to give unless they said they were to sue him.
Q. Whose money?
? Was it yours or his?
A.-I handed over all to my son. I could not write or read.
Q.-No, no. Whose money was it-your son's money or your money ?
A.—I handed it all over to him and it is his money.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-A Chinaman always says that what is mine is my son's, that is what he means.
Mr. Shelton Hooper. Is he in partnership with you ?
A.-What partnership would there be between a father and his son? What is mine is my son's.
The Interpreter.-That is regular Chinese fashion again.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-And you approve of what your son did?
A.I was satisfied with what he did as I handed over everything to him.
The Chairman.—You said that these Inspectors came to your house to speak to you. Had they been in your house before ?
A.-No.
Q.-It is the only time they have ever been to your house ?
A.-Only that once.
Mr. Humphreys.You say that your accountaut keeps these books?
A. Some entries are by the accountant.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--And some are by your son ?
A. Yes, one man can't do it all.
Mr. Humphreys.-What is the name of your accountant ?
A. I dont know, it is several years ago now.
Mr. Lan Chu Pak.-The old books were kept by the accountant and the new books are kept by his son.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-How far do the old books go?
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Back to 1900. The new books are 1904-1905.
Mr. Humphreys.-Are those presents to the Inspectors which he has told us in the new books or the old books?
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