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4&). M,.. Ie/I·-If two men came to ),ou looking for a joh, one of
whom smoked opium and the other did not, which would you take on?­
The non-smoker.
487. How would you know him ?-I would make enquiries from other
people.
488. Would you ask him direct ?-No, I would ask of the man who
came along with him.
489. But do you think you could teU the difference without an)'
enquiry?-I could make out in most cases; only in some cases I could not.
490. But if, on enquiry, you found that one man was an opium smoker
and the other was not, you would engage the man who was not a smoker?­
Yes.
491. M,.. McLean.-When you are engaging new men, do ),ou always
make enquiries whether they are opium smokers or not ?-NQ, I take them
on for the first day and see their work and find out for myself whether the)'
are opium smokers or not.
492. M,.. Chan.-Have you known the opium smokers in your gang
·Iong?-No.
493. Could you teU us whether these opium smokers acquired the
habit here or before they came here ?-I do not know.
This concluded WONG ON'S evidence.