These sort of receipts generally did not generally survive as the paper tends to dry out and becomes quite brittle and delicate. $1.50 was received by the Tenom District Office from the Civil District Judge at Singapore. This was the cost of three affidavits supporting the services of Singapore civil summonses. It was signed by Bendos Santos who was probably a clerk working the Tenom District Office. The acting DO was J S Hill. J S Hill was, I presume, a proficient Hakka speaker as he passed the Higher Standard Hakka Examination in October 1933.
This governmental chop is rarely seen as it was not used on stamps and probably only on flimsy receipts like this. It has been reconstructed as seen here from whatever visual clues that are present. Enjoy!
From an earlier post on this blog, a rare Sanbride postcard view of part of Tenom around 1918.
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