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I know nothing about tho disturbauco oxcopt what I hoard afterwards by-
hearsay.
No. 32.
Mirzn Ismail, Agent of Messrs. Gray Paul & Co., states on aolomn
affirmation:—My ancestors have all boon settled in Rangoon for many gonorn-
tions but I was uotually born in Bushiro. I have been 13 yoars Agont for tho
British.Iudiau Company (Mossrs. Gray Paul & Co.) in Busbiro and 17 yoars bore
iu their ollioo
I romombortho disturbanoo early in Ramzan.
One of tho Arabs was Bont to givo evidence boforo you by tho Shoikh
llassan bin Ahmed Ibrahim, and l bulievo stated that ho saw tho fracas was
actually with moon my premisos tho whole time that the disturbance was going
on and couhl.hlV.v.OJcaiLiUiUiii)g. Ho is a small morohaut dealing mats, rafters,
ooir rSp*/oteT Ho oamo to my quarters about 11 o'clock Arabio to soo mo on
business, llo comes nearly ovory day. On this particular day ho camo to ask
quotations for London froight for mothcr-o’-poarl sholls. I \fas sitting outside
my ollico. My office, as you arc awaro, is on tho sea-shoro, nowhoro near tho
bazaar. Ho stayed and talked with mo for a long time. Ab6ut 10 or 16
minutes beforo sunset Mr. Milborrow (my chief) camo downstairs and asked mo
to como for a walk and I loft Hassan bin Ahmed thcro with sovoral othors who
wore waiting to soo tho sun go down iu order to set their watohes and thon go to
pray.
I did not soo him again then.
Aftorwards I mot him, after having heard that ho had given ovidonco of an
oyo witness boforo you, and said to him " You who profoss to read tho Koran,
how oould you go and protond to give ovidenoo about the disturbance whon
you know you woro with mo at tho timo or at my plnoo right up to sunset."
Ho replied, " I wont thorn aftor Ilo^_.ypu.,, I rejoinod, " But by that timo it
was suusot and all tho shop-* woftfiThavo been closed." Ho thon changed his
statomont and suid, “No, l wc^t-hu/ojrc I enrao to you.”
This was obviously false as tho disturbnuoo was not known to any of us
whon ho was with mo. I did not hear of it until I wont out.
My tindal, Qhulam Ali, ouo of tho clerks Abu Talib, could corroborate
my statomont
Boforo mo,
(Sd.) P. Z. COX.
The 0th December 1004.
Note.—The above witness is a nativo gentleman of education and ropute,
whoso ovidonco is above suspioion. ------
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Bnclosuro No. 0.
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