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Q. Are you of opinion that the election of the Committee should be confined to the members of the Society?
A. No.
Q.-Or that the election of members should be made by ballot?
A. According to this Ordinance, if a man can be elected a man must qualify himself by becoming a member of the Pó Leung Kuk, so that you must have members of the Pó Léung Kuk as members of the Committee.
Whom would you have the Committee elected by?
A.-I think they ought to be elected by public meeting.
-Would you allow outside Chinese to attend, persons who were not members of the Society, and allow them to have a voice in the election of the Committee of the Society?
A.-Yes, I think so. I think it would be more advisable to have the appointment made by the public and not by the members of the Pó Léung Kuk themselves.
Q.-You would not place any limit on the number of people who would have the election of the Committee. Would you like all the members of the Tung Wa Hospital?
A.—I think the members of the Tung Wa Hospital should vote.
Q. And the members of the Pó Leung Kuk?
A.-Also.
Q. And the Man Mo Temple? Is there any Society there?
A.-I think most of the members of the Man Mo Temple are members of the Tung Wa Hospital.
Q.-Therefore, you think that the Tung Wa Hospital members should aid and assist in the election of the Pó Leung Kuk Committee?
A. Yes. I think the members of the Pó Léung Kuk fairly represent the whole community.
The CHAIRMAN.-They do?
A. Yes, I think so.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-Are you aware that the Police Magistrates have on occasions condemned the actions of the Pó Leung Kuk detectives?
A. On one or two occasions, I think.
Q-Have you known Mr. WISE, formerly Police Magistrate, to so condemn the detectives?
A.-No.
Q.-Have you known Mr. WODEHOUSE to publicly do so?
A. Yes, recently in a case brought before him, he did so.
Q. Did you read the remarks of Mr. WODEHOUSE?
A. No, I have not done so.
Q.—This spring did you see a report by the Registrar General on the petition sent in which he recommended increased powers and a grant of money for the Pó Léung Kuk? The CHAIRMAN.--I should like to know to what document you refer in which the Registrar General recommended increased powers.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD. This new Ordinance-I refer to your report. The CHAIRMAN.-I have no recollection of having recommended increased powers.