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sick.
Q.--You can give us a copy of the petition ? *
A. Yes, and the petition stated that the children made a noise and disturbed the
Q.-Is it your opinion that they do so still?
A. Yes, I think so.
Q.--The Hospital want to get rid of the girls ?
A. Yes.
Honourable F. H. MAY.--Do you think the Chinese community are afraid to subscribe to the Society--afraid of identifying themselves against the kidnappers ?
A.-No.
Q.--That would not operate to diminish the subscriptions?
A.--No. People have tried to go about to get subscriptions, but some people tried to prevent it, and succeeded for a time. For that very reason I declined to have any thing to do with the Pó Léung Kuk, because I wished to keep myself from quarrelling with parties.
The CHAIRMAN.-Do you think it would be a good thing for the Pó Léung Kuk to be registered as a private Society in the Supreme Court under the Companies Ordi- nance, or established by special Ordinance ?
A.-By Ordinance decidedly.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-What difference does it make?
A.-Every thing must be guided by officials so as to save disputes. This is a British colony. The Chinese are too cunning I am very sorry to say. I have very little faith in many of them.
The CHAIRMAN.-Then you are of opinion that it would be best to have it established by special Ordinance ?
A. Yes.
Honourable F. H. MAY.-I understand this Society is not popular in certain quarters ?
A.-It is not popular among the kidnappers and those who have any thing to do with them.
Q.-I think in other quarters?
A. If there is any...
Q.-Jealousy?
A.--Well some people want to have the whole management in their own hands and to turn the thing to any shape they like.
Honourable Ho KAI.-Without an official of the Government associating with the Chinese and working with the Society it would be a failure, would it not?
A.-Not only a failure, but much mischief would be done.
Q. You wish that an official of the Government should preside over the Society and at the same time that the Chinese members should have a voice in the management of the Society?
A.-Yes.
* Sec Appendix 26.