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Q-Is that nett?
A. My gross income is twelve dollars a month. Say $6 for house rent and chow and my nett profit would be $6 a month.
Q. Are you making more earnings now than you used to five years ago?
A.-I make more money than I did five years ago.
Q-Does your foki make the same amount as you do?
A. Yes.
Q.-Have you to contribute anything to any society every month?
A.-No.
Q.-Not in the seventh moon? Don't you contribute to the festival? A. We Hak-kas don't subscribe anything.
Q. Have you ever been anything except a chair coolie?
A. Before I became a chair coolie I was employed elsewhere. Q. How many years have you been a chair coolie then?
A-Over twenty years.
Q. During that time you have not been a cargo coolie, nor a street coolie, nor a ricksha coolie?
A.--I was with Captain Deane for a number of years.
Q.-Was that before you became a public chair coolie?
A. Yes. I was a private chair coolie to Captain Deane and several of the Ins- pectors, and after that I became a licensed chair coolie.
all?
Q.-Since you became a licensed chair coolie have you been in private employ at
A. No.
Q-Do you know any of your friends who have been in private employ as chair coolies ? I mean those of your friends who are public chair coolies now?
A. No. I don't know of any.
Mr. Badeley. What is the number of your chair?
A.—No. 53.
Q.-Does it belong to you or do you hire it?
A. My foki and I bought it. It is our own chair.
LAU TSZ declared:-
The Chairman.-What are you
A. A public chair coolie.
Q. What number?
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A. No. 16.
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Q. How long have you been a public chair coolie ? A.-Seven or eight years.