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Q-Do
you own the chair which you bear?
A. Yes, I bought it.
Q-What did you pay for it?
A.-Nine dollars and-a-half.
Q. Did you pay anything as goodwill to the man whom you succeeded?
A. Well, I only paid for the old chair $4.50, but I did not pay anything for the goodwill. I got my licence.
Q. Do you always occupy the same rank?
A. Yes. I am always at the same stand.
Q. Is there an arrangement amongst the coolies that certain coolies stand at cer- tain ranks ?
A. Well, I always stop at the same stand.
Q-Does anybody ever try to turn you away from it?
A.-No.
Q. When do you begin to work each day?
A. After five o'clock in the morning.
Q. When do you stop work ?
A. From three to four o'clock.
Q. Do you go on again after that?
A.-No.
Q-Who takes your chair then? Do yot take it right off the street or does any- body else use it?
A.-Nobody.
Q. Why did you come to Hongkong? Why did you not stay in the country ? A. There was very little land for me to cultivate and I could not make my living, so I came here to make my living.
Mr. Wilcox.-Does another chair go on to your stand in the evening when your chair comes off?
A. Yes. There are a great number of chairs there, and directly one leaves another takes its place.
Q. What did you leave Sir William Robinson's employ for?
A.--I was not strong enough.
The Chairman. He had eight coolies?
A. The Stewards at Government House were most troublesome men and gave me a lot of work to do.
Mr. Wilcox. You say you were a chair coolie to Sir William Robinson and to the present Governor for a year. Did you enter Sir Henry Blake's employment after leaving Sir William Robinson's ?
A. No. I continued in service.
Q-You left because you had too much work to do?
A. Yes.
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