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The Chairman. He means a clansman doesn't he?
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Yes.
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Q.-Have you any assistants at Mount Davis?
A.--He is a stone mason.
Q.-Is he not working there for you?
A. He himself cuts the stones for the graves.
Who is that man name Lo ur?
Q.-Does he live there without your permission or without the permission of the, Sanitary Board ?
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A. He used to live in Hongkong, come out during the day and go back at night, and then Lo A Tong said "Will you live there and I will give you a place to live in?'
Q. Who is Lo A Tong ?
A. He digs the graves and Lo Pun gives Lo A Tong a dollar a month.
Q.--Is Lo A Tong under you? Who pays the wages
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of Lo Pun and Lo A Tong?
A.-No one pays the wages. Tong's wages are paid by the Sanitary Board. Lo Pun cuts the head stones.
Q.-So Lo A Tong is one of your assistants?
A. No, Lo A Tong is a grave digger.
Q. How many men are paid by the Sanitary Board at Mount Davis?
A.-Well, there are three grave diggers and myself. That makes four.
Q. Who is head man ?
A.-I am.
Q. So these three men are under ?
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you
A.-Now they are, but they did not use to be.
Q.--When were they not under you?
A. They came under me in 1905.
Q.--Not before ?.
A.-Not before.
Q.--Do you supply head stones for marking the numbers of graves to the Sanitary Board ?
A.-No.
Q. Who supplies them?
A. Foo Sik.
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