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By Dr. Cantlie..
453. Mrs. ELLIS lived there?
A. Yes.
454.-Did Mrs. ELLIS ever complain about the smells.
A.-No.
455.--I heard Mrs. ELLIS say she had to shut the windows there on various occa- sions owing to the smell.
A. That you may have to do in any house if the servants pour filth down the
drains.
By Dr. Manson.
456.-Who were the tenants in No. 5?
A. Captain and Mrs. FINCHAM from 1883 to 1885.
457. Had they any fever?
A.-Not that I know of. They lived there till they left the Colony.
458. Who lived there in 1886?
A.-Captain and Mrs. Dove.
459.-Had they any fever?
A. I heard Mrs. Dove had fever in 1886.
460.-And Captain Dove?
A. I never heard. Captain Dove was under the impression the floor ventilators had connection with the drains, and I believe he flushed them daily with water. There
you
have sufficient cause for fever. You may imagine that water has no chance of getting out except by soaking through the soil below the floors of the house.
By Dr. Cantlie.
461.-Then they are not connected with the drains?
A.—No, no one would think of connecting them.
462.-You mean the ventilators in the corner of the room?
A.-No. Here is the door and just in front is an iron grating in each verandah.
By Dr. Manson.
463.-They lived there in 1887 did they?
A.-In 1887 and they lived there all the time they were in the Colony.
464.-Did Captain Dove complain more of fever that year than the previous year?
A. I never heard him complain of fever.
465.—Or of his family having fever?
A. He never complained to me of it.
466. Who lived at No. 6?
A.-Mr. and Mrs. EWENS in 1883 and 1884. Mr. WRIGHT in 1885 and 1886.
Mrs. BLACKRURN in 1887.