Q44 HUA-HOEY LOTTERY. 
©) Butterfly—Kun Giok 
20 Stone or Cricket—Beng Chu 
21 Swallow—Siang Chiow 
22 Pigeon—Hap Tong 
23 Monkey—Sam Wei 
24 Frog—Hap Hai 
25 Sea Hawk—Kim Kwan 
26 Dragon—Thai Peng 
a ‘Tortoise or Duck—Hoey Kwan 
28 Cock—Jit San 
29 Kel—Thian Liang 
30 Turtle or Carp-- Cheng Li 
ol Lobster—Guan Kwi 
32 Snake—Ban Kim 
33 Spider—Cheng Guan 
34 Sheep or Deer—Guan Kiat 
BO! = Deer, or Goat—Kiat Pin 
36 Ghost or Fox—An Su 
There are, it will be seen, thirty-six columns, at the head of 
each of which is the sien of one of the Hua- Hoey characters. 
The marks* (which have a conventional meaning) and figures 
(Chinese) represent the amount either cents or dollars staked 
on each animal and the Jast column is the total of stakes re- 
ceived. A person wishing to stake a large amount, say $5 or 
¢10, on an animal will sometimes write the name on a piece of 
paper and seal it up, delivering it with the stake to the mana- 
ger of the Hua-Hoey or an agent. 
The lottery is opened twice a day, usually at noon and 6. P.M., 
and at the appt ointed hour the winning number (animal) j s 
exhibited, and the result declared in the streets. Pr eviously to 
this, the agents have brought in their staking papers. If the 
lottery is worked fairly, of course the manager who declares 
the winning number should be ignorant as to the amounts 
staked on the different animals. In China, the papers on which 
the stakes are entered are folded up in a packet : and are not in- 
spected till the winner has been declared, when the winning 
tickets are clnongsice. and the owners of them are pat 
= Generally entered in pencil. 
