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Q.-Is he a European?
A.—No, he was a Chinaman.
Q.-Does any European own a stall in the Market and sell meat? A.-No.
Q.--Has any European ever had anything to do with a stall in the Market? A.-No.
Q-You never heard of such a thing?
A.-No.
Q. Who owns the Hongkong Butchery?
A.-A Chinaman is the owner of it.
Q.--Who is it?
A. Wat A Chun.
Q. Do you import cattle yourself?
A. Yes.
Q-Where do you get your cattle from?
A. From a place called Dosing.
Q. Where is Dosing?
A.-Near the Kwangsi province.
Q. How many days does it take to get cattle down from Dosing?
A. It takes four days to Canton by boat.
Q-Have you a place of your own up there where you grow the cattle ?
A.-No.
-How do you get them-do you send a man up there to buy them from the
farmers?
A.--I send a man up to Dosing and he goes round here and there and that is the way he collects them.
Q.--You send a man from Hongkong?
A. Yes.
Q.-What is the name of the man you send and how long has he been with you doing that work?.
A. His name is Li Sui Kwong, and he has been working for me for the last six
years.
Q. Does he keep any books of account?
A.--I do not know. He comes down with the cattle and tells me so much for each and so on.
Q.-But does he bring you down receipts for the cattle? How do you know what he pays?
A. He sends me no receipts; he simply sends a letter accompanying the cattle. Q. He may cheat you. He may say he paid $15 for an animal and he might only have paid $10. How do you know?
A.It is done in this way. Sometimes he sends down cattle with a letter and says so much per head, and when I find it is too high, I answer saying that his price is too high and to get me cattle at a cheaper rate.
Q-Do you pay for the cattle by weight or by head?
A.-Yes; I pay so much per head, of course I pay a higher price for fat cattle and a smaller price for small ones.