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Q.-What class of coolies live on your floor?
A. They are street coolies.
Q. They are not private coolies ?
A.-No.
Q.--And how long have you been here?
A.—I have been in this Colony between two and three years.
Q. Where did you come from?
A.--From Chu-chau.
Q.--Are there plenty of your fellow-countrymen there who are willing to come to Hongkong to work ?
A. Well, I can't say whether they would like to or not.
Q.--You have been home and you know about your people at home.
A.--Well, I bave not asked their opinion.
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Q. What made
you come
?
A. My elder brother asked me to come.
Q. What made him come ?
A..He came with his relative.
Q. Why didn't you stay at home?
A.—If I could make a living, I would go back.
Q. Is it much better living in Hongkong?
A. It is much easier to make a living in Hongkong and earn some money to support my parents.
Q. You say you are a public ricksha coolie. How much money do you make a
month?
A.-After deducting my board and lodging and other things, I think I save about ten dollars a month.
Q.-You, yourself?
A. Yes.
Mr. Badeley.-How much does your food cost you ?
A.-It costs me $5.50.
Q.--Your foki makes the same, does he?
A. Yes.
The Chairman.--Do you know many other ricksha coolies who make as much as you do?
A.--I think some make about the same, some less and some more.
Q.-Do you know any public chair coolies? Are any of them among your friends?
A.-I don't know any of the street chair coolies.
Mr. Wilcox. You are only a ricksla coolie ?
A. Yes.
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