Q: Does he know that match box?

A: No belong to me.

Q: Are those Chinese cigarettes in there?

A: Yes, that is Chinese cigarettes, but I know where it come from.

Q: Who does it belong to?

A: I didn't see. I don't know who put it all there.

Q: Has he ever seen it before?

A: I didn't see the box at all.

Q: Does he ever strike a match in the mine?

A: No, never; I have no match.

Q: Does he ever see Chinamen smoke in mine?

A: No, I see no man smoke.

Q: At any time?

A: I never see one.

Q: Has he ever seen a Chinaman try to open a safety lamp?

A: I didn't see no one; I never see one.

Q: Has he ever seen a Chinaman fire a shot?

A: No, I do my own business.

Q: Has he ever seen a Chinaman fire a shot?

A: No?, I didn't see it.

Q: When was the last shot fired before the explosion?

A: No, I don't know anything about that.

Q: Who fires the shots in the mine?

A: I don't know, but in my stall the fire boss fire the shots fire the shots.

Q: Has he ever fired a shot when the fire boss was away?

A: No, daresn't until the fire boss come.

Q: Lots of ventilation; lots of wind in mine?

A: Yes, winds blow very hard.

Q: Much gas there that night, before the explosion?

A: I don't see none.

Q: Does he know what gas it?

A: Yes, I understand, but I can't see.

Q: Does he know when there is gas in the mine, without seeing?

A: I don't understand much. Fire boss tell me all right, go to work.

Q: Did fire boss tell him to go to work that day?

A: Yes, fire boss tell him his stall is all right.

Q: Does he at any time hold up the lamp for gas?

A: I don't understand how it is but I am frightened; if I do it wrong way, it is explosion.

Q: Who examined his place before he started to work that day?

A: Yes, I get it in my stall.

Q: All good that day?

A: Yes, stall all right that day.

Mr. Pooley:- This Chinaman says he got that lamp from some place. I want to know what part of the mine he got that lamp from?

A: About 14 or 15 yards from No. 3 Incline.

Q: Who gave him that lamp or did he get it himself?

A: Since he go to work, the boss he took it himself.

By a Juror:- According to his evidence he says that lamp was given to him. I understood the interpreter to say that the boss had given him that lamp and told him it was unlocked.

The Coroner:- Ask him who gave him that lamp.

A: No, the boss give it to me. The boss see the lamp hanging up and that he take it himself.

Q: Did his boss tell him the lamp was unlocked?

A: He never have a light and it was not locked.

By a Juror:- Was his boss a Chinaman?

A: A Chinaman.

By Mr. Hall:- Does he know who was the driver in that level?

A: Yes, I know, but the the driver was dying.

Q: What was his name?

A: When I see him, I know but I don't know his name.

Q: Was his name Quon Ching Loo?

A: I don't know.