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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

C.O. 537

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Who is he ↑

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He was the grave digger there, formerly.

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Do you pay Lo A Tong any money ↑

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It was this way before. It used to be Lo A Tong's sl÷sping plage, where I am living now, and he saw that I was making boundary stones, and that I was old and had not very much to do, and he said "Lo Pun, dont go away, I will give you a sleeping place".

And how much money did you give him for that sleeping 4624

place

He said "Lo Pun, dont go walking back and forwarda".

How much?

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One dollar.

The Chairman:

One dollar one month?

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Mr Shelton Hooper:-

How much do you charge for the gravestones ↑

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Forty five cents each.

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Where do you get the granite from ?

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Some of it I but fresh.

buy/frosh.

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How much do you pay for the stone to start with ↑

Well, the stones from Temples and foundation stones for

shops,

I pay between two or three candarin for, when I

go and buy them.

Then do you dress the granite, make it smooth ?

Yes.

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How long does it take you to dress the granite all 4631

smooth ?

It takes four hours, but not only dressed and smoothed, but to put the characters into it.

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And do you fix the stone for forty five cents ↑

You.

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About how many characters of an average doen he put on

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