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EVIDENCE OF LEE SING, GIVEN BEFORE THE FOOD COMMISSION
ON JULY 9TH, 1900.
Interpreter, Mr. LI HONG Mr.
The Chairman (Mr. Francis).—What is the number of his stall in the Market?
A.-No. 25.
Q. What is his business name?
A.-Sing Kee.
Q-How long has he been a butcher?
A. For the last 21 years.
Q.
What rent does he pay for his stall in the Central Market?
A. $10 a month.
Q. Is his stall larger or smaller than the No. 1 stall?
A.-The same size.
Q-Tung Wing says he pays $35 a month; how is that?
A. He got his stall by auction.
Q.-How did you get yours
?
A. I got it from the Government, stalls were not put up by auction in former days.
Q.-Were not all the stalls in the new Central Market put up for sale by auction? A.-Not all. The old lessees pay the same rent as in former days; but in case of new tenants the stalls are put up by auction.
Q.-Well, but had not the No. 1 man, Tung Wing, a stall in the old Market? A.-No; Tung Wing had no stall in the old Market. His business only started not long ago. Formerly the business style was Kwong Hing and then it changed to the Tung Wing.
Q. When was that?
A.--Only three years ago.
Q.-It is a European who owns the business now, is it not, and Tung Wing only carries it on for the European?
A.-Well, I do not know.
Q.-But you must know very well?
A. I see Man Mo there, he is always there.
Q. Who is Man Mo?
A. The man who was here the other day.
Q. Who supplies him with money ?
A. Tung Mow, the hide dealer. He is the capitalist.
Q. Who were the owners of the Kwang Hing when it was the Kwang Hing? A.--Wat Yui Kut.