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Q You cannot say?
A-No.
Q-He did not appear to you to be one?
A--No.
Q-Do you remember whether he gave as an excuse for refusing to work that he was an opium smoker and he could not work when the craving came on?
A-No.
Q-That was not reported to you?
A--No.
Hon. Commander HASTINGS-If you are satisfied that a man is an opium smoker do you give him opium pills?
WITNESS--No; we give tonics. Formerly they used to give him quinine, but I thought it was cheaper to give some other tonics and in some cases we give an astringent if the man has a tendency to diarrhoea.
Q-If a man is a syphilitic subject would he stand a flogging worse than a man in good health?
A--There is more probability of an abscess being formed if a man is syphilitic. Q-Was the last man syphilitic?
A-No.
Q-Nor scrofulous?
A-No.
Dr. ATKINSON-You cannot describe the instrument that is used for flogging?
WITNESS-It is rattan.
Q-You do not know its weight or length?
A-The length is four feet and a half. I do not know the weight.
Q-But the weight varies for boys and men.
A-Yes.
Q-You do not know what the weights are?
A-No, I do not.
Q-After a man has been flogged what is the custom in the Gaol? Is the man always received in the hospital or not?
A-No, unless the flogging is severe.
Q-But the man is always treated in the Gaol hospital to be dressed?
A-Yes.
Q-Even after six strokes?
A-Yes.
Q-So they are really all admitted to the hospital. In your opinion are the hospital wards large enough?
A-No.
Q-You think they are overcrowded?
A-Yes.