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Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD. Do you know that there is a strong feeling against the attempt to give a political status to this benevolent Society?
A.-I cannot say.
Q.-This new Ordinance gives this Society administrative powers which hitherto they have not possessed?
A. I understand that they have been carrying out these administrative powers under those rules.
The CHAIRMAN.--Will you point out, Mr. WHITEHEAD, in what section the admi- nistrative powers are conferred?
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD-They are- contained in the Ordinance, if you will read it.
The CHAIRMAN.--I have failed to discover them.
Mr. KAW HONG-TAKE called.
The CHAIRMAN.-You are a Justice of the Peace?
WITNESS.-Yes.
Q. How long have you been a resident in Hongkong?
A. Nearly eight years.
Q. Do you know the Pó Léung Kuk?
A. Yes, I have heard about it.
Q. Are you a member?
A.--No, I never was a member.
Q. Do you know anything about its working?
A.--I have heard about its working.
Q.-But you have no practical experience of it?
A.--No, I am not a member, I am not on the Committee.
Q. Do you think it does good work?
A.-Well, from what I hear it is not properly worked. It is very badly managed. Q.--In what way is it badly managed?
A.
of things.
About the detectives of the Pó Léung Kuk arresting men and doing all kinds
Q. Can you give us a single case where they have arrested a man improperly? A.-Well, I know some cases where they have been on board steamers sometimes. One case was that of Tsau Kung Wan's concubine.*
Q.-Will you tell us about that case? You say that the Pó Léung Kuk detective arrested Tsan Kung Wan's concubine and took her on shore?
A. Yes.
Q.-You are sure?
A.-I don't know. It must be.
Q.-Why?
A.Because I heard so. They said that she was arrested by the Pó Léung Kuk, but whether the detective went himself, I do not know.
Q. Do you know that it was a European inspector who brought that girl to the Registrar General's office?
A.-I did not know that.
See Appendix 38.