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the point of a minimum l ving wage;

(b) the average pay of a

far

Chinese is far below the mi-

nimum

pay ($30 a month) of the Indian and Portuguese clerks in the Government~

Service: indeed, the maxi-

mum Chinese pay, except few cases, is not

in a few

tequal

to that of the minimum

pay of the other two nation.

alities.

6.

As regards para.

graph

204

graph 9, the materials used in:

Chinese dress, unless obtained:

direct from Canton

tc.,

must

the Colony. The

be bought in the price of these materials, if not affected by exchange, is influenced by the higher shop rents now

paid. existence of a large number

of shops selling Chinese dress fabrics shows that no small business is done in this line in HongKong.

of

Though Chinese are

not