At 10.15 am. on October 26 two officials or employes of the National Cigarette Tax Bureau named Doo Sou-zung and Sung Kyi-tsung gave into the custody of Chinese Constable No. 134 a coolie named Faung Ah-nyi employed by the Sino-Belgian Tobacco Company of No. 1178 Woosung Road and th coolie was taken to the Hongkew Police Station together with the two officials, The coolie was cart a load of 200 tins of cigarettes for delivery within the limits of the International Settlement and as these cigarettes did not bear the stamp of the Bureau, the officials appear to have given him in charge for that reason, Tt would seem that these officials believed to be payable whether the ci were destined for use within the Settlement or not.
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