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397.—KWOK WING KIN, declared and cautioned :-
The Chairman. And what did he tell you he could do for $25 a house?
A.-Get permission not to require to put down concrete.
Q. When Mok told you that, what did you say about it?
Did you tell your master?
A.- We asked him to get it cheap, and he did not get it any cheaper. Then we spoke about it back and forwards and concluded there is no help for it, there is nothing else. It was the cheapest. And then $275 would be what was required for the 11 houses. it was bargained, until the figure of $250 was arrived at.
Then
132. CHAK HOK TING, declared and cautioned:
The Chairman. The first man would not allow it, so what happened after that?
A. Then, I knew Lamble, and I went and saw Lamble, and than he said "I will go and see Conolly for you". He went with me at 1 o'clock, and then when I went, he brought out wines to drink.
The Chairman.And so he introduced you to Mr. Conolly, did he?
A. Yes.
Q. And what did he say to Mr. Conolly ?
A. "This is my friend" he said, and then I chimed in, and said "I beg you to go and look at it. That Inspector looked at it twice, and said it was not proper. I wish you to go and put it right for me". I asked Lamble "can I give him anything ?", and he said "Yes, you can
and then he went and looked at it. After he looked at it, then he told me to whitewash the yard again, and then it was proper.
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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-The yard of one house, or of all of them?
A. Several houses.
385.-KO SUN, declared and cautioned :—
Mr. Shelton Hooper. But I want you to go a little further, and use your influence with your Chinese friends, because you must know of dozens of cases, in which your friends have been squeezed, that we dont know of at the moment, and for them to come forward voluntarily and tell us, so that we can stop this squeezing in the future.
A.-If you will not blame the people, and if you will not make them give evidence against others at the Magistracy and so on, then they will come up.
The Chairman.-But look here, Ko Shang, you must explain this to Po Shun and Leung In.
The Governor has appointed us to make all these enquiries, because he wants to save the Chinese a great deal of trouble and bother, about this Sanitary business in the Colony. But if any of the Chinese come before us, and tell us the truth, we will give them a letter which will protect them from all trouble, so long as they tell the truth.
A. But then, to give evidence against the Inspectors!