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Q.--Your foki-my other chair coolie-does he pay anything?
A.—I know nothing about his affairs. He doesn't live in the same place with me.
Q. He does, he lives in the same quarters with you?
A.—Yes, in the same quarters.
Q. Do you know of any coolies in private employ at the Peak who contribute anything each month to the coolie houses down below, either at Saiyingpun or Wanchai, or elsewhere?
A.--Well, I know nothing about the coolies employed at the Peak, but coolies employed down below have to pay rent.
[This concluded the sitting for the day. Mr. Badeley was requested to procure as witnesses a number of public chair and ricksha coolies for next sitting, which it was
agreed should take place on Thursday, 10th October, at 4.15 p.m.]
10th October, 1901.
KU KIU declared:-
The Chairman.-Are you a licensed chair coolie ?
A. Yes.
Q.---How long have you been one?
A.--Over twenty years.
Q.--Where do you lodge?
A. Near the Man Mo temple.
Q. Do you rent a floor yourself?
A. I live there as a lodger.
Q. How much do you pay a month as rent?
A. Seventy cents.
Q. Have you lived in that same place for a number of years?
A. I have only been a few months in that place.
Q.
In other places where you have lived, how much rent did you pay, say five years ago?
A. About 30 cents in Saiyingpun.
Q.
What do you pay
for
your food
per month?
A. Six dollars.
Q. Do you pay six dollars now?
A. I mean now.
Q. How much did you pay
five
years ago
?
A.-Say four dollars a month.
-How much do you make a month?
A.-About twelve dollars.
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