Cross-examined—Does your department keep accounts? Yes.
Are you shroff to the compradore, as the Bank compradore, or does the compradore private -business on his own account? Asa Bank shroff.
You say that you have been present shen these various notes were brought in, can you say where the entry for the first native bank order for Tls. 5,000 is to be found in your accounts? The number is not entered.
Have you got any entry of this particular bank order, with: its number?, There are no numbers entered; only dates and amounts.
Tu the Chinese accounts there are. no numbers put down? No. books Is that the usual way.to keep Chinese In the last three or four orders the bank has not put down the numbers.
Before that they did put down the numbers?—No. They never did.
Do you put down the "Gay Dah Bank" in your accounts?—Yes.
an -you say where you: got the native bank orders produced?No.
Even if you look at them?—No.
Have you any record in your Chinese accounts of the number, amount, and date of these orders, and from whom. you them?—These bank orders were. handed me by the Gay Dah Bank. At the end of the 10th moon the Gay Dah Bank owed us. Tls. 30,000, and on the Ist of the 1th moon they borrowed Ti. 5,000.
Gay Day bank order and borrowed money Supposing " man came to you with" on it, would you enter the number of the note, the name of the person from whom you got it, and the amount? Yes.
Can you tell us if the compradore of the Bank got orders from the Gay Dah Bank which he did not hand to the Manager, and which had nothing to do with the National Bank All were sent in to. the Manager.
You say you do not take the numbers of the notes handed to you. Suppose someone had stolen one of these notes, or it had been lost, what means -had you for stopping payment, if you had no numbers? Phe notes were kept in the Bank.and could not be lost, At this stage the Court adjourned until 2 p.m. on Thursday, the 17th instant.
17th March.
Mr. Hanson called the compradore of the National Bank of China.
You are the compradore of the National Bank of China? Yes.
You produce your books?—Yes, How are the entries headed, as loans from the National Bank to the, Gay Dah bank or how?—As loans to the Gay Dah bank. the Gay Dah bank 1—Yes.
Did you have any separate dealings with
Was a separate account kept; or were they all kept in one book?—I kept one account between the National Bank and the Gay Dah bank and another for my own private transactions.
In whose handwriting are these memos of loans?—They were written by the shroff.
Did the shroff understand English?—Yes.
What is done with the memos?—Aftet they were made out they were brought to me and I took them to the manager for him to initial them.
Has the National Bank made loans to other native banks?—Yes. Snea.
Were the loans made in the game way as in this case?—Yes.
Do notes like these pass from hand to hand or do they want endorsement They do not need endorsement.
How long do notes like these, remain in force?—Up to any time.
The Gay Dah bank say that you borrowed these notes from them, is that true?—I never borrowed-anything from them.
Have you brought all your books?—Yes.
Mr. Wilkinson asked for the production of the day book of the National Bank, as he was not satisfied with the ledger.
Mr. Hanson—We have no objection to the production of the day book, but if Mr. Wilkinson had asked for it before we would have brought it with us, examine the witness.
Sey Dah bank as a private individual You have had personal dealings with the
Your shroff said that he could not produce the numbers of the orders, could you?7—The numbers are not recorded in our books, Have you Chinese books showing dates, pumpers, and amounts of the orders, and [the names of the persons from whom you got them? -Have you no memo of the numbers of the notes on which the National Bank is suing?—The number is not down, bur the date is. The orders are for sight.
Is the amount down?—Yes.
Is the person from whom you got them down @—Yes. 4 What record have yon of the note No.. 595 for Tls. 5,000?—We do not put the numbers down, T want to see the record in your hooks for that note. Witness—I myself did not write that... My accountant does it. 4 T want you t".take your books and point out to me the details of the notes.on which the National Bank are suing. Witness—I should have to ask my accountant.
Have you not been sued on these notes, and have you never looked it up since I have the aaiounts in the books, you do not, produce your books with these amounts in I shall' stop the cross-examination and ask the court to arrest, you. 2 Mr. Hanson protested, and said" the books would speak for themselves. They were in court or could soon be produced.
The orders in question were' called for by the court and examined. 'There was one dated the 2nd of the 11th moon, one of the 4th, and one of the 6th of the same month Dah bank' first of all borrowed money on Witoess, continuing, said that the Gay the security of these orders, and then paid it, A few days after this they cama buck "ud negotiated further loan on security of the same orders, and that ox. plained the fact that the numbers were not recorded.
Mr. Wilkinson—I ask that the Court take up the caso'at this' point. - We sw that the compradore of the National Bank. obtained these orders by fraud, and T want the plaintiffs to show by their books how they got possession of these orders.
Mr, Hanson—We have had it in evidence from Mr. Stewart and Mr. Thorburn that the noted.came into the hi possession in the ordinary course of business, The witness, in reply to Mr. Hanson, said that the first of these notes dated from the first moon of last year.
Asked by the. Court whether he could tell the numbers of the notes indicated. from his books, he replied that ho could not. The notes entered the Bank for and on account of the Bank and not for.his own private dealings.
Cross-examination continued—Have you shown the magistrate any entries of these notes for the bank or for your own private dealings?—The amounts are there...
I want these amounts and six loatis of giving the, magistrate your private accounts with the Gay Dah bank #1 have not got them with me.
Will you bring them with you at the next hearing?—Very good.
When a native bank borrows money from foreign bank, the application for the Joan is made to the compradore, who takes translation. of it to the manager for his approval.
Can you produce a scrap of paper to show that the Gay Dah bank ever borrowed one tael cent from the National Bank?—The Gay Dah bank man. came personally to the bank and there was no written memorandum.
The Gay Dah bank say that you borrowed these bank orders, of which they have the numbers, dates, and amounts, and that they: lent them to you, Is that.so%—I did: not
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