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,t:; 59<br />
. Cao· YOK· HEAN was called.<br />
933. Chatrman.-What is your name ?-Cao YOK HUN.<br />
934. You are a Hockchiu?-Yes.<br />
935. China-born ?-Yes.<br />
936. What is your age ?-46.<br />
937. What is your business ?-I am manager of the Seong Lim Saw<br />
Mills.<br />
938. Is that a Limited Company?-No, private firm.<br />
939. How long have you been Manager ?-Ove\" 10 yearb<br />
940. How many coolies have you got in the Saw Mills ?-Together<br />
with the Tongkang coolies, altogether over 200.<br />
94I. Are they mostly Hokkiens ?-All tribes.<br />
942. Which is the most ?-Hokkiens.<br />
943. Are there many opium smokers amongst them ?-At first there<br />
were not so many; at present there are more.<br />
944. Out of these 200, how many would you say smoke. opium ?<br />
About 30 per cent.<br />
945. Of the tongkang coolies that you refer to, do nearly all of them<br />
smoke opium ?-More than 50 per cent.<br />
946. If I were told that 80 per cent of all tongkang coolies smoke<br />
opium that would be too high a proportion ?-That would not be too high<br />
in respect of Hokkien tongkang coolies.<br />
947. Among the actual mill coolies there is not so high a proportion<br />
of smokers as amongst the tongkang coolies ?-That is so.<br />
948. You are not an opium smoker yourself ?-No.<br />
949. Have you never been ?-Never.<br />
950. Have you any views on the opium habit ?-I think the habit<br />
is very bad.<br />
95I. What are the outstanding points of its badness ?-From my<br />
experience my coolies when they had not ·contracted the habit did their work<br />
very well; after they contracted the habit they did very bad work.<br />
952. Have you ever discharged anybody solely because he smoked<br />
opium ?-Never yet. I employ a large number of coolies, and it would be<br />
very difficult to get them if I did that.<br />
953. Could you tell, just by looking at him, that a man smokes<br />
opium ?-When he has had the habit long I would be able to make him out<br />
because he would have the "opium face."<br />
954. Mr. J elf.-But in the case of the smaIl smoker there is no<br />
differEnce ?-That is so.<br />
955. Chainnan.-What wages do your coolies get ?-Those coolies<br />
whose work it is to carry planks get about $20 a month and food.<br />
956. How much do you think that the ordinary opium smoker spends<br />
upon opium out of that $20 ?-Opium smokers start by smoking a small<br />
quantity but gradually they increase the amount.
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