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Q. Are there two pullers to your ricksha?
A. Yes.
Q. Well, don't you know the other man?
A. Well, he is my foki, a new foki.
Q. Does he make as much a month as you do?
A.
I know nothing about his income.
When do you go to work ?
A.-Seven o'clock or a little past seven in the morning and then I cease to pull between three and four in the afternoon.
Q.-And then does the other man come on?
A. Yes.
Q.--Till when ?
A. I don't know at what time he stops.
Q-Do you ever go on night duty yourself?
A. Only daytime—no night work.
Mr. Wilcox. Do you know whether many other ricksha coolies send money home?
A.-Well, I know nothing about them.
Mr. Badeley. Where did you come from?
A.-Swatow.
Q. Did you come by yourself of your own accord, or did you come under contract ?
A. I came down here of my own accord to make a living.
Q.-Did any others come at the same time?
A.-A good many.
Q. What made you come down? Who persuaded you? Who arranged it for you?
A.- It is quite natural that, without any arrangement, one can come down here seeing their people are starving to death and in need of support. I came down here to make my living.
Q. Did you not come through the agency of the Godown head coolie ?
A. No. I came down here and went over to Kowloon where my uncle was. was No. 2 at the Godown and he found a job for me and then he went home.
Q. Did he afterwards get you a job as a public ricksha coolie ?
A.-No. I got the licence myself without any help from him.
Q.-You did not have to pay anybody for it?
A.-Nothing except a sum of money as a deposit for the ricksha.
Mr. Wilcox.-Was your passage paid from Swatow?
A. Yes.
Q.-By whom was your passage paid ?
A.-My parents provided me with a passage to come down.
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