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C. L. GORHAM, Barker Road.
1.-Yes, sometimes.
2.--Occasionally.
3. Have had no difficulty with the office coolies, but at my house: 1st--they want to dictate terms; 2nd-they are very cheeky and lazy. D'oat want to do any- thing but carry the chair and pull the ricksha, and very little of that.
When they are told to go to the East they send to the West.
4.--$9 per month.
5.--$7 per month.
6.--I am in favour of registering all servants-boys and cooks especially. If a comprehensive scheme of registration is adopted, I would be in favour of enforcing a fine against those who employ unregistered servants; but I am decidedly opposed to it, if it is only a question of chair and ricksha coolies.
W. D. GRAHAM, "Burrington," The Peak.
1.-No.
2.-No.
3.-Not having experienced it I cannot say.
4.--$8.50 per coolie.
5.-$7.
6.-No. As long as my work is done, I don't care what my coolies do with their spare time, and when I employ outside coolies, I do not ask where they come from.
CHARLOTTE P. HANCE, 7, Seymour Terrace.
1.-Great difficulty.
2. Yes, they leave without any notice, or excuse.
3.—(1.) If a coolie makes a complaint against his employer, the Guild prevents others from coming to seek employment. (2.) They seem to have made a stand for higher wages. (3.) Coolies seem scarce; also those carrying outside or licensed chairs make so much money, that they will not enter private service.
4-$9 each coolie.
5.-$6.50 each coolie.
6.-Yes.
J. W. HARRIS, Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co.
1.-Yes.
2.-Yes.
3. In No. 1 is that they ask too high a price for wages. In No. 2 is that as soon as they get their first month's pay they want to leave without giving a month's notice as agreed when I engage them. They are cheeky and lazy and if you check them for not doing their work properly, they want to leave at once. I have been to Police Station on several occasions, and once a Sergeant of Police at No. 2 Station told my