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Q.-If the Police had charge of these girls would they not, in order to hear of their relatives, have to communicate with the Consul General at Canton?
A. Yes, in order to reach the parents.
Q.--Who would have to refer it to the Viceroy who would give his orders to the officials under him who in their turn would direct numbers of others, and then perhaps not find the parties after all?
A.-That is so.
Q.-You think it is a wise thing to maintain the Pó Léung Kuk?
A. Yes, I do.
Q. And encourage co-operation between it and the Police in every possible way y? A. In every possible way.
Q.--Do you think it would be a good thing to have the Captain Superintendent of Police or a representative of the Police as one of the members of the Committee?
A. Yes, I think it would be if the Captain Superintendent was on the Committee. Q.-You think it would produce greater union?
A. Yes.
Q.--You are in favour of maintaining the Pó Léung Kuk and consider it has done good work and aids the Police ?
A.-That is so.
Honourable F. H. MAY.-You understand the Pó Léung Kuk performs two
functions?
A.-Yes.
Q.-What are those two functions ?
A.—One is that they act as a means of arresting and suppressing kidnapping and the other is that they take charge of the women who have been kidnapped.
Q.--One constitutes it practically as a charitable home?
A. Yes.
Q.--I think that in answering the question of the Chairman you may have confused these two functions perhaps. I understand the gist of your evidence to be that you are of opinion that the Pó Léung Kuk in so far as it exercises what you may call its charitable functions should be encouraged and that it would be a great pity if it were abolished, but in as far as its Police functions are concerned it would be better if they were conferred solely on the Police, or else some modification made in them?
A: I think that in all cases where they get information they should let the Police know so that the Police may assist.
Q.-Therefore you do not contemplate the charitable functions of the Pó Léung Kuk being abolished at all?
A.--No.
Q-All you contemplated was some modification by which the Police functions might be improved ?
A. Yes, the detective part of it.
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The CHAIRMAN.-You do not think that the detective part of the work should be abolished?
A.-No, improved.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-A few minutes ago, in reply to questions, you expressed the opinion that you considered it would be much better to have those Police functions now carried on by the Pó Léung Kuk executed only by the Police, and you further stated that the Police were quite competent to carry them out.