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Q-The man who died was flogged on the 23rd and his wounds were dressed on the 26th, and he was received in the hospital on the 27th. Any hard labour on the 26th ?
A-No; he had no labour for three days.
Q-On No. 1 diet?
A-Yes.
Dr. ATKINSON-Had you any previous Gaol experience before coming here?
A-No.
Q-Not in England?
A-No.
Q--Any previous hospital training?
A-Once in the Army I went through a bit of bandaging.
Hon. Commander HASTINGS--St. John's Ambulance, I suppose!
WITNESS-In the Marines I did a bit of bandaging.
Dr. ATKINSON-What do you dress the wounds with?'
WITNESS-According to the amount of the wounds. We use lead lotion and carbolic oil. If it is a big case he is treated otherwise with poultices.
Q--You have never seen flogging administered in England at all?:
A-No.
Q-With reference to your hours of duty. You say you are on duty for twelve hours in one day, then three and a half hours off, so you are on duty for nineteen hours?
A-Yes. I have an hour for breakfast and an hour and a half for tiffin.
Q-In which wards in the hospital are the beds ?
A--Nos. 2, 3, and 4.
Q-Those are for Europeans?
A-Yes.
Q-There are no beds in the wards for Chinese ?
A-No. If a Chinaman is very ill we take a European bed and give it to him.
Q-How many patients are there in the Chinese wards?
A-Seventeen.
Q-In one cell?
A-Four.
Q-Four is the maximum ?
A-Yes.
Q-How many beds can you get in a cell?
A-Two, and then you would have to put one bed longways and the other across. Q-You say it is the custom to dress a man before he leaves the hospital with an open wound?
A-Yes.
Q---The number of the previous case was 528?
A-Yes.