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A.-I have not dared to do work now, excepting a shop here and a shop there. I have done only about 30.
Q.-You have practically had to give up work, because the interpreters caused you so much trouble?
A. Yes, and you see I have no capital, and if I dont do the thing properly, then the master doesn't give out the money.
Q.-Then you have only been fined actually this one time?
A. I was fined once two years ago.
Q. But recently you have been fined only once ?
A. Only once this year.
The Chairman. Tell this man we are satisfied with the way in which he has given his evidence, and that he has no occasion to be uneasy, and if there is any trouble, he must come to one of these Chinese gentlemen, or come to me.
Witness.Well, you see they have troubled me, and I dont dare to work, and I have nothing to do.
The Chairman.--Tell him we will try and put things right for him; that we think he has told the truth, and we will try to see that his business is not interfered with in future.
Mr. Fung Wa Chun.—Mr. Ball, tell him he can go ahead with his work.
The Chairman.-Tell him he can go on taking contracts, and we will see there is no trouble for him.
Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Tell him to take contracts.
Witness.-Several masters have asked me to work, and I have said "wait a while”.
The Interpreter. He is very much afraid of the interpreter.
The Chairman.-Of Lo?
The Interpreter.-Yes.
The Chairman.-Were does Lo live ?
Witness. I dont know where he is living now. He hus left.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Has he threatened to hurt you at all?
A. He will make hot water for me, if I get any work to do.
Q.-But he has not threatened you bodily?
A.No, he has not said that.
The Chairman, Is his name Lo King Nam?
A-I dont know. He is called Government clerk.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is he in the West Point office?
A-I dont know. whether he is, or not.
I dont care to see him.
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