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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD JULY, 1881.
15. Q. Where do you
intend to to? and with whom are you going?
go
A. Sydney. I am going with others, with LEUNG A-SING [sent for, but could not be found], about 23 years old. He is no relation of mine. I am going to Australia with him. I did not know him before. I only got acquainted with him here in Hongkong. UN CH'IÚ-YING took me to LEUNG A-SING to take me abroad. He (UN) received no money from him. He did He introduced me yesterday. I received no money from any one, not tell me that he did. neither yesterday nor to-day.
16. Q. What work and wages do you expect to get in Australia?
A. I am to dig gold. No wages are fixed.
I shall know in Sydney what wages
I shall get. I
am going to dig gold for myself. When I get there, there will be friends who will find me employment.
17. Q. What outfit have you now and how did you procure it?
A. One blanket, one mosquito curtain, no provisions.
you left now?
18. Q. What were your expenses in Hongkong, and what sum have
When I have earned some money in friend paid for A. I had no expenses; my
my expenses. Australia, I shall have to repay them. Old Ho is one of those friends. He is no relation. He does not deal in pigs. He is now at home [sent for]. He deals in fowls and ducks. ÜN CH'IÚ-YING took me there. My expenses there are about 4-5 candareens per day. He I said that I would do it. said to me,
"When you get money in Sydney you repay me.' I said that to Old Ho. I have now still my 12 shillings and 2 twenty-cent pieces in my pocket.
19. Q. Have you a passage ticket?
A. Yes.
you
obtain it?
20. Q. When, from whom, and where did
A. I paid for this ticket myself. I changed the 12 shillings and paid for it. I paid for the ticket $42 on the 26th day, 2 days ago, in the On-hing shop in Queen's Road. I gave the money to a Chinaman called PAT-FUN [sent for] on the same day in the On-hing shop. I went first to the Mò-lung shop with WONG A-IT. I changed the 12 shillings. They were silver shillings. I got $3.50. WONG A-IT said there was not money enough, and that the $3.50 must be added. I brought the money with me to Hongkong. The words on the ticket were explained to me in the On-hing shop.
22. Q. What sum will you have to repay after arrival in Australia ?
A. Nothing. When I have earned money in Australia, I shall send money home to my friends. 23. Q. 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?
A. No.
24. Q. Did you make any verbal or written agreement regarding repayment of outfit and passage
A. No.
?
25. Q. Do you understand that money advanced for paid by others in connection with your going
abroad will have to be repaid by you out of your future earnings in Australia?
The money paid for nty passage belongs to my parents. I did send money back to my parents. They are poor. month. I never saved any money. I brought no money to Hongkong.
A. No need to pay the money to any one.
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I earned 6-7 dollars a
Ho CH' [admitted by WONG Mún to be "Old Ho" referred to by him] states as follows:- My surname is Ho. I do not know WONG MUN [placed before him]. He did not stay with ine. I him no meals, and I incurred no expenses for him. I lent him no money. I I had nothing whatever to do with him. ÜN CH'IU- paid no passage or anything for him. YING lives in house.
my
gave
Kò PAT-FUN of the On-hing shop, [referred to by WONG MÚN, see above] states :-
I do not know WONG A-IT. I know WONG MÚN. He was a neighbour of mine in the country. I wrote to him and asked him to come to Hongkong. I do not know who lent him the I am not aware that he ever money to pay for the passage to Australia. He is a farmer.
was a fishmonger. I am not aware that his parents have any money at all. He stayed, on his arrival in Hongkong, with his friends. Ho CH' is his friend. I know Ho CH'I well. WONG MUN took his meals every day with Ho Cir'i (Old Ho). Ho CH'I paid for the meals.
Another man was with him. WONG MÚN came with $42 to me. money in his hands. I was not present when he brought the money. handed to me, but to LI A-LAM.
LI A-LAM, sent for, states
I belong to the On-hing shop. I know WONG Mún.
WONG MUN had the The money was not
A man brought him to the shop. I do
not know that man. I did not give WONG MUN the passage ticket. I do not know who lent him the money.