THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD JULY, 1881.
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6. Can you read or write?
7.
Have you any friends or relatives here in Hongkong?
whether you are taking others there.)
8. Have you been abroad before? (if so, state where, when, nature of occupation, &c., and
9. When did you arrive in Hongkong? (State time, conveyance, place of landing, &c.)
10. Who paid for your passage to Hongkong?
11. What baggage had you, and what amount of money, on arrival ?
12. With whom did you come to Hongkong? (If any, state your relations to them.)
13.. Where are the persons now in whose company you came to Hongkong?
14. Where did you stay in Hongkong? (Give details.)
15. Where do you intend to go? and with whom are you going?
17. What outfit have you now, and how did you procure it?
16. What work and wages do you expect to get in Australia?
18. What were your expenses in Hongkong, and what sum have
left now? you
19. Have you a passage ticket? (Show it, note name, sum, time, &c.) 20. When, from whom, and where did you obtain it ?
21. What sum did you pay for it? (State time and place of payment, and the name of the
person to whom it was paid.)
22. What sum will you have to repay after arrival in Australia?
?
23. At what rate of interest and to whom will you have to repay it, or is the amount to be
deducted from your wages by your future employer? 24. Did you make any verbal or written agreement regarding repayment of outfit and 25. Do understand that
you
advanced or paid by others in connection with your going money abroad will have to be repaid by you out of your future earnings in Australia?
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EVIDENCE OF WONG A-MÚN.
1. QUESTION. What is your surname, name and by-name ?
ANSWER. WONG Ả-MÚN
2. Q. What is your age?
A. 32 years.
3. Q. Who and where are your parents or guardians ?
A. Héung-shán.
4. Q. Where is your home, how long have you been there, and when did you leave it ?
A. Lung-to. I was always there.
5. Q. What was your occupation hitherto, what your monthly earnings, and where were you so
occupied ?
A. Fishmonger. I earned 3-4 taels a month.
6. Q. Can you read or write?
A. Cannot read or write.
7. Q. Have you any friends or relatives here in Hongkong ;
A. WONG A-IT, of a fruit-stall, in Chung-wán Market, is a cousin of mine.
8. Q. Have you been abroad before?
A. No.
9. Q. When did you arrive in Hongkong?
A. On the 24th, by steamer from Macao. I landed at Sai-ying-p'ún, at the Fuk-sing Street. 10. Q. Who paid for your passage to Hongkong?
A. Half a dollar was paid. My parents paid it. I came alone without my parents. I paid it myself.
11. Q. What baggage had you, and what amount of money, on arrival ?
A. One box, a teapot, but no money. I had 27 taels. No, I had with me only 12 shillings when I arrived in Hongkong and two twenty-cent pieces. I sent back to my parents 5 taels. Yes,
I had only 12 shillings and 2 twenty-cent pieces when I arrived in Hongkong. I had no other money at all. I had one blanket and a mosquito curtain.
12. With whom did you come to Hongkong?
A. I came alone.
Old Ho is the master.
14. Q. Where did you stay in Hongkong?
A. At the Chan-sang shop, Fuk-sing Street.
I did not know him before. A man, UN CH'IU-YING took me there. I met him near the Harbour Master's Office. He told me to find him at the Poultry Shop. He had sent for me to come to Hongkong. I borrowed no money from my cousin. I did not borrow money from any one cise. I had only 12 shillings.