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Q.--Did you pay anything for the goodwill?
A. I only have to pay fees half-yearly and I pay nothing for the goodwill.
Q. Do you carry Chinese at all?
A. Both Chinese and Europeans?
Q. Do Chinese bargain with you ?
A. Yes.
Q.--Is the bargain money less than the legal fare as'a rule ?
A. Those who don't bargain pay more than the proper fare, but those who do bargain usually pay the proper fare.
Q. In your experience, do non-Chinese pay you less than ten cents, if ten cents is the proper fare ?
A. Good gentlemen always pay me the proper fare.
Q. Do non-Chinese always pay the proper fare?
A.--Yes.
Q. Do Chinese pay you less than ten cents?
A. They always bargain first. Suppose they offer me five cents, I say "Go away, I won't carry you."
Q.-But supposing the fare is ten cents, do they always bargain with you for less?
A. The majority of them do, but I reject them.
Q.-But they do so all the same? They will offer you five or six cents, when you could require ten cents?
A. Yes. Sometimes I accept less than the proper fare, but I generally call at- tention to the fact that the Government scale is so much.
Q. Why did you come to Hongkong?
A.-I had nothing to do at home so I came to Hongkong.
Q-Do you pay any subscription to any society or association ?
A.--No.
Q. Do you know of any public chair bearers that have become private chair bearers?
A. Yes, some of my friends have done that..
Q.- -Do you know of any private chair coolies who have become public chair coolies?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know of any chair coolies who have become cargo coolies?
A. Yes.
Q. Why have they left the chair business?
A.-Feeble, old men when they are not able to carry a chair, become cargo coolies.
Mr. Wilcox.-Have you a family in China?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you send money home?
A. Yes.