3/ Wesley Robinson Bryant being sworn upon his oath saith as follows – I reside in Nanaimo and was so residing in 1891 – when I was Paymaster of the New Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company Limited – I made up the wages account or Pay sheets and paid the men employed by the said Company – In April and May 1891 we made up the wages of the white men at Protection Island as well as the Chinese twice a month. but only paid the Chinese at their own request once a month. Bray (the last witness) and Richards had a contract with the said Company for sinking the Protection Island shaft – I paid the Contractor workmen the wages certified to be due to them by Bray & Richards – and charged the total amount of their pay sheet to the Contractor as an advance – Bray and Richards had 6 Chinese in their employment in April 1891. I produce the Pay Sheet Book for that period – It shows the Contractors account of footage sunk – with deductions for Cash advanced. Materials supplied and rent and medical account. for every two weeks – It also shows the number of days worked by each man – the rate of wages – amount deducted and the balance of cash paid to them. In April 1891 there were 6 Chinese entered as laborers for the Contractors – the Chinese are designated by numbers 1-2.3.4.5 and 6 – Bray and Richards generally sent me