In answer to the Official Receiver, debtor stated that he resided at No. 203 Avenue clu Roi Albert, his father's house. He began business in partnership with Mr. Arnaud-Coste on June 22, 1914, starting with a capital of Tls. 27,000. Witness put up Tls. 20,000 and his partner Ts. 7,000, and all of it was borrowed money. Witness borrowed from his father, and Mr. Coste from a Chinese friend. He had always had the business on his shoulders except when away from Shanghai, when his partner managed it.
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