Have you ever had dealings with the National Bank or their compradore? Yer With the compradore—not with the foreign department.
You keep a record of your dealings 7 for the dealing with the coupes:
What is this (produced)? A pass book
Have you in your books a record of the hak orders on which the National Bank ara suing? Yes.
Do you keep record of orders issued by the bank? Yes, If a bank order is issued to a person who does not arrange for assets to cover it, do you cash it? No. Do people who get bank orders take precautions to'find out if there are assets to cover them? Yes. With regard to these particular orders. Do you remember who they were issued to? "To the compradore of the National Bank.
Are you in the habit of lending money to foreign banks in Shanghai? No.
Will you take this book and describe to the magistrate what sort of a book it is? Yes. (Witness did so).
The dates of issue and the numbers the book are correct Yes.
Mr. Wilkinson—The first is No. 695, dated the 12th of the Sth moon, for Tls. 5,000; next No. 668, dated the 17th of the 8th moon, and the amount Ts. 10,000; then No, 687, of the 28th of the 9th moon, for $9,000; next No. 706, dated the 2ist of the 10th moon for Tls. 5,000; one dated the Will you point out the difference betw the entries of borrowed money and money lent? Witness did so.
When money is borrowed from a foreign bank on the security of bank orders, and the money is repaid and the loan subsequently renewed, are the old orders returned as security or are new ones issued? I have never known of an old order being kept as security for a new joan.
National Bank compradore to the Gay How much is the balance owing by the
Dah Bank?
Tls. 37,000 in cash, and Tls. 9,000 in borrowed bank orders.
Ts that Tis, 37,000 apart from these orders? Yes.
Have you brought an action against the compradore in this Court? Yes. On the 14th of the 11th moon last year.
Did the petition mention these bank orders? Yes, What about them? I prayed the Court to got back from the compradore the balance of the account and the return of the orders.
Have you prosecuted that suit as well as you wore able? Yer When were you sued by the National Bank? In January of this year.
Cross-examined—Who are the partners in the Gay Dah Bank?—Witnoss detailed their names.
What is the amount of your issue of bank orders ina year? Several hundred thousand taels.
Do you ever got loans from foreign banks? I never get loans from foreign banks except through their compradores.
What security do you give when these loans are made? I deposit bank orders similar to those in Court.
What name is that on this order, No.
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