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Q-I thought the Indian-
A-He remains in one night and I remain in the next.
Q-Does the Indian do day duty?
A-He is with me.
Q-Do you mean to tell me that your hours are from 5.45 in the morning to 5.45 at night every day?
A-Every other day.
Q-With night duty every other day?
A--Every other day I go off at four o'clock in the evening, and every other day I have to do a night in the hospital.
Q-I do not quite understand. Supposing you are on duty on Monday at 5.45 in the morning to 5.45 at night. You go off duty at 5.45 in the evening; when do you go on duty again?
A-Nine o'clock at night.
Q-And you take duty till when?
A-Four o'clock the next evening.
Q-Then you are on duty from 5.45 one morning to four o'clock the next evening?
A-I go on duty at 5.45 in the morning and finish duty at 5.45 the same evening, and go on duty at nine o'clock.
Q-The same night?
A-Yes. I remain on duty until four o'clock the following evening. I have one hour for breakfast and one hour and a half for tiffin; so I am on duty from nine o'clock to-night until four o'clock to-morrow.
Dr. ATKINSON-Twelve hours' active duty on the Monday and four hours off; then you are on duty from nine o'clock at night to four o'clock the next day?
A-Yes. I return again the next morning at 5.45 and carry on my duties as usual, finish at 5.45 in the evening, and come back at nine o'clock.
Q-Then you go on till four o'clock the next day?
A-Yes.
Q-And you get till 5.45 the next morning?
A-Yes.
Q-What are the hours of the Indian?
A-The Indian is likewise; we are both in the hospital.
Hon. Commander HASTINGS-Are you supposed to be at work at night?
WITNESS-If any one complains about anything at all the officer in charge of night duty wakes me up.
Q-You are called if wanted?
A-Yes, and when there is any one very ill in the hospital I have to tell the officer to call me at certain hours.
Q-To give him medicine?
A-Yes, and to treat him.