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Dr. SWAN.-About fifteen minutes.
Colonel HUGHES.-Do you live on this side?
Dr. SWAN.-No, at Kowloon.
Colonel HUGHES.-I believe there are accidents at the Docks occasionally?
Dr. SWAN.-Yes, but all accidents are sent to the Hospital. I have never been called to an accident at the Kowloon Docks yet.
Colonel HUGHES.-Cases of hemorrhage ?
Dr. SWAN.--Never. Not in my time.
Colonel HUGHES. And do you find any difficulty in attending to your private practice now?
Dr. SWAN. Of course I work very hard, practically from six o'clock in the morn- ing until eight or nine in the evening.
Colonel HUGHES.-All the year round ?
Dr. SWAN.-Yes, all the year round.
Colonel HUGHES.-When Dr. JORDAN is here too ?
Dr. SWAN.-When he is here too.
Colonel HUGHES.-So you have no more extra work now, with him away, than
when he is here ?
Dr. SWAN.-There is the extra work of going on the American mail steamers and passing the passengers.
Colonel HUGHES.-That is all?
Dr. SWAN.-That is all.
Colonel HUGHES.-Do you pay a visit to the Docks every day?
Dr. SWAN.-Twice weekly-Tuesday and Friday.
Colonel HUGHES.-What hours?
Dr. SWAN.-It varies.
Colonel HUGHES.-How long does it take you ?
Dr. SWAN. Each day it would take me an hour and a half.
Colonel HUGHES.---Only an hour and a half?
Dr. SWAN.-Yes, only an hour and a half.
Colonel HUGHES.-You would not go, I suppose, if a steamer was signalled?
Dr. SWAN.-No, Sir, I always attend to steamers first. That is if I know the steamer is signalled.
and
Colonel HUGHES.-How many hours were you afloat yesterday?
Dr. SWAN.-I could not exactly tell.
Colonel HUGHES.-Did any steamers come in?
Dr. SWAN.-Yes, I can tell you from the Reports in my office.
Colonel HUGHES.-When Dr. JORDAN is here is he afloat a certain number of hours you a certain number?
Dr. SWAN. He does not spend any particular time afloat. I do all the work ex- cept passing the steamers going to America.
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