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Mr. Wilcox.-Do you think they are able to boycott an employer if they have a wish to do so.
A. If such a thing is done, it is not openly. I have not heard of any such thing.
FUNG WA CHUN declared:-
The Chairman. You are Compradore to Shewan, Tomes & Co. and also to the National Bank of China ?
A. Yes.
Q.-What part of the city do you live in?
A.-Upper Richmond Road.
Q.—And do you employ chair and ricksha coolies?
A.-Chair coolies.
Q. How many?
A.--I employ four chair coolics.
Q.-What wages have you to pay them now?
A.-Eight-and-a-half dollars.
Q. What does that include or exclude ?
A.I have got to give them firewood and lodging.
Q.--You don't pay for their food?
A.-No.
Q. What did you pay about five years ago ?
A. Five years ago—I don't remember. Perhaps from $7.75 to $8.
Q-Under exactly the same conditions?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you engage coolies for the members of your hongs?
A. For the National Bank; not for Shewan, Tomes.
Q. Do you engage coolies for Mr. Playfair?
A. Yes, four chair coolies.
Q. Is that part of your agreement ?
A.-No, I only do it as a friendly act.
Q. How do you get hold of them ?
A.--I send my head coolie out to get coolies. That is all. Q.--Have you had any difficulty in getting coolies?
A.-No.
Q. Do you find they change about a good deal ?
A.-Oh, yes they do.
Mr. Wilcox. More than they used to do?
A. Yes, much more.