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Q. How does he borrow the money?
A. He borrowed it and paid interest at the rate of five cents
Q.-From whom did he borrow it?
per
dollar
A. He borrowed from people at home-pig-keepers in the country.
Q. He brought the money with him then?
per moon.
A.-Well, the money was sent down here through a headman in the country. It is a sort of loan association, a dollar a share-and he collects the money from all the subscribers and he lends it out, and whatever interest there is at the end of the year, he distributes it among the subscribers.
Mr. Badeley. Whom did you buy your ricksha from ?
A. From a man who has gone home.
Q.-What is his name?
A. O Sui Kong.
The Chairman.-Was he a ricksha puller before you then? A. Yes. He gave it up and sold the ricksha to me.
TO A CHEUNG declared:-
The Chairman.-You are a private chair coolie are you not?
A. Yes.
Q.-And to what coolie house down town do you belong? A.-Saiyingpun-Third Street.
Q.-Do you contribute anything to that every month?
A-Formerly, but not now.
Q. Whilst you have been in my employ as a private coolie, have you been sub- scribing anything to this coolie kun in Third Street?
A.-Not after I joined your service, but before I joined your service I had to pay something.
Q-How much did you pay then?
A.-Eighty cents a month.
Q. What were you doing then?
A.-I was then a licensed chair coolie.
Q. And you paid 80 cents a month rent?
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A. Yes.
Q. Can you go back to that coolie house and sleep any night now that you are in my employ?
A.-I think they would allow me to sleep there, because I had been in the house before and paid rent.
Q. But are you not paying something like twenty or twenty-five cents now as a retainer ?
A.-Nɔ. I am not paying anything at all.