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5.-$7.50, no firewood,

6. Certainly, so long as equally good servants at the same rate of wages can be engaged from amongst registered coolies. Unless there is some restriction imposed against engaging unregistered coolies, many will not take any trouble in the matter.

K. W. MOUNSEY, No. 2 "Goolistan," Conduit Road.

1.--Private chair and ricksha coolies-wages are so absurdly high in comparison with the work required of them that I prefer to employ the outside men.

2.-- When I did employ private chair and ricksha coolies, it was impossible to retain them for any length of time.

3. Want of combination on the part of employers to keep wages within a reason- able figure, and a disinclination on the part of the Magistrates to convict coolies when charged before them on the ground that they are not domestic servants.

4.--None to private coolies, their wages are too high. $10 a month for an outside chair whenever I want it.

5.-$7 per month per coolie.

6. Certainly. It was on account of a series of reports which I that he brought forward the registration scheme again the other day. him about a year ago.

made to Mr. May See my letter to

See

F. POWELL, Commodore, Commodore's Bungalow, The Peak.

1.--Yes.

2.--Yes,

3.- They ask for higher wages than I consider sufficient. Those I get are weakly and lazy, it takes four of them to carry me to my house when two outside chair coolies do it. They leave either without notice at all or on the most frivolous excuses, and expect to do little or no work.

4.-$8.50 a month. Each coolie has a waterproof and a blanket.

5.--$7.50 a month and as above.

6.-Yes.

A. G. ROMANO, "Duart," Arbuthnot Road, No. 15.

1. Very difficult to obtain private chair coolies,

2.-Yes, they constantly change and have new substitutes in their places.

3. No. 1 because they prefer to ply for hire their chairs or they ask high wages. No. 2 because they find excuses to go home to leave their places for substitutes.

4.-Nine dollars each coolie per

5.-Seven dollars each coolie

month.

per month.

6.-Yes.