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Q.-Well, when you do know, who are the people ?
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A.--Sometimes "Inspectors are put down here,--I dont know the name.
Q-But sometimes they put down in the book that the launch is required for an Inspector, is that so ?
A. Yes. If it is, then it is certainly put down. If it is not, then it is not.
Q-Are "Inspectors" written down in that Chinese bill you have given me there?
A. Yes. Here is one (indicating).
Q-What is that lot ?
A.
"The 13th day of the 4th moon.
of the item has got Inspector" on it.
Kwong Foo 2 hours money $5.50". The top
Q-So that means to say that the launch was hired for an Inspector, does it?
A.It certainly must be, as it said so.
Q.—But what do you mean by Inspector,-what sort of Inspector?
A.-Dont know the name.
Q-But what sort of an Inspector?
A.-I could not say.
Q.--Would it be a Sanitary Inspector, a Police Inspector, or what?
A. Didn't say. The Chinaman said "send the launch to wait for the Inspector's uše ".
Q-Would Sham In go with those people on those occasions, or would the Inspectors go themselves?
A.-Well, I myself dont know. I was not present at the wharf.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak. Have your fokis not sometimes told you?
A. They dont speak about this matter.
The Chairman.-You had better keep these books, and if I want them again, you can let me have them. Alright, you must keep that book, and you must not talk to people and tell them we have been asking you questions.
141-NGAI YUNG ON, declared and cautioned :-
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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-I see, and have you always all along given the Sanitary Sur- veyor a present ?
A.--Well, sometimes I do, sometimes I dont.
Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Once every two months, or three months, isn't it?
A. Sometimes it is in the course of two or three months I give a present. Other times, it is two and three months and I dont give a present.
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