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Q-Do

you own the chair which you bear?

A. Yes, I bought it.

Q-What did you pay for it?

A.-Nine dollars and-a-half.

Q. Did you pay anything as goodwill to the man whom you succeeded?

A. Well, I only paid for the old chair $4.50, but I did not pay anything for the goodwill. I got my licence.

Q. Do you always occupy the same rank?

A. Yes. I am always at the same stand.

Q. Is there an arrangement amongst the coolies that certain coolies stand at cer- tain ranks ?

A. Well, I always stop at the same stand.

Q-Does anybody ever try to turn you away from it?

A.-No.

Q. When do you begin to work each day?

A. After five o'clock in the morning.

Q. When do you stop work ?

A. From three to four o'clock.

Q. Do you go on again after that?

A.-No.

Q-Who takes your chair then? Do yot take it right off the street or does any- body else use it?

A.-Nobody.

Q. Why did you come to Hongkong? Why did you not stay in the country ? A. There was very little land for me to cultivate and I could not make my living, so I came here to make my living.

Mr. Wilcox.-Does another chair go on to your stand in the evening when your chair comes off?

A. Yes. There are a great number of chairs there, and directly one leaves another takes its place.

Q. What did you leave Sir William Robinson's employ for?

A.--I was not strong enough.

The Chairman. He had eight coolies?

A. The Stewards at Government House were most troublesome men and gave me a lot of work to do.

Mr. Wilcox. You say you were a chair coolie to Sir William Robinson and to the present Governor for a year. Did you enter Sir Henry Blake's employment after leaving Sir William Robinson's ?

A. No. I continued in service.

Q-You left because you had too much work to do?

A. Yes.

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