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Q.--Does he know how many years he was in business before he took it over? A.-Two or three years in the Central Market.
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In answer to the Chairman he said when asked about money that people trusted him and that he had good credit in the Market, who are the people who trust him?
A-The Tang Mow people.
Q-Is this the hide shop he is drawing money from now to pay for the cattle? A. Yes.
Q. Who are the people who belong to this shop and what are their names?
A.—A Pak, A Sz, and A Kut. The shop is near the Man Mo Temple. Q.-Does he give them any receipts for the money advanced him?
A. Yes; I have given them receipts or notes.
Q.-Promissory notes, I suppose ?
A. Yes.
Ask him why
Q.--When asked by the Chairman why the cattle rejected by the doctor could not be slaughtered, witness said it was because they could not walk about. he bought cattle which could not walk about?
A.-Well, you see, when the cattle were bought they were in good condition, but during the transit they might get ill. It is the same with a man and the same remark applies to cattle.
Q-Then he has to take these cattle whether they were good or not?
A.-These cattle are shipped at Canton and on the way down they might become
sick, but he has to take them whether bad or good,
The Chairman.But they could not get sick coming down from Canton ?
A.-Animals, just the same as human beings, get sick,
Dr. Hartigan. Where does he pay the money for the cattle-in Canton or in Hongkong?
A. It was arranged that if the buyer comes down for the money it is to be paid in Hongkong, but if he does not come down the money is to be sent to Canton.
Q.-But the bargain is made in Canton ?
A. In the place where the cattle is bought.
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Mr. Maitland.-When he sells whole cattle to other Chinamen does not he make a
profit, then?
A.--Well, it depends upon the price I get for the cattle.
Mr. Maitland.-But he does not sell a whole animal at a loss?
A. Sometimes I have to sell them at a loss.
The Chairman. Because they were getting bad?
A.—You see there is a uniform price and I cannot depart from it. I have to sell for about that price. Of course I do not know what price I have to pay for cattle on the way down.
Q. Who fixes the uniform price?
A.--I agree to supply for so much.
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Mr. Maitland. Has he got a written contract with other dealers to supply them? A.--No, I have no written contract with other butchers; simply a verbal contract. The Chairman.-How many smaller butchers does he supply who come regularly to him for meat?
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