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Chai.
Q. What is the name of that paid servant ?
A.-His name is A Kin, but I don't know exactly what his surname is—I think
Q. Where is Chai A Kin now ?
A. In this colony; he held that stall for about a year and then gave it up.
Q. Where is he now ?
A.--His family house is in Taipingshan, but I don't know the name of the street. Q.--Where is his business shop?
A. Since he gave up this stall he has had no business.
Q. Have you a share in any other stall in the Central Market, little or big? A.-No.
Q.-Think again. Are you quite sure you have not got a share in any other stall?
A. Yes.
Q.-No interest at all?
A. None at all.
Q.—Has he got a stall himself in any other market or in any other name ? A.-No.
Q.-What rent did you pay the first year you went into the new Market ?
A. The same rent.
Q.-Had he a stall in the old Central Market?
A. Yes.
Q. How much rent did he pay for the stall in the old Market?
A.-The same rent.
Q. How long have you got the stall for ?--a month, or six months, or a year?
A.-There was no time fixed; I was to pay the rent monthly.
Q.-But the new stall; did you take it for 12 months or three years?
A.-It is a monthly tenancy.
Q.-They can turn you out at the end of any month?
A. Yes, the Government has power to turn me out at the end of any month, but it would be very unfair for the Government to do so.
Q.-Did the Government put every stall up by auction or how did they fix the price?
A. Yes, it was put up by auction, and a man named Wat Yui Kut tendered for the stall. He offered $35.75. Then afterwards he removed into the Central Market, where he carried on business until he failed. Then I took it up.
Q.-You took the stall over from Wat Yui Kut and not from the Governinent?
A. Yes.
Q. What year?
A. That was six years ago.
Q.Had you a stall before you took one from Wat Yui Kut?
A. Yes, I had a stall in the new Market. It was No. 19, and I
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Q. Whom did you give it up to?
A.--To the Government.
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