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Q.-What papers do you collect?
A. Papers for exhuming remains and for coffins passing and papers to be handed to Sanitary Board.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Do you mean permits for burial ?
A. Yes.
The Chairman. And this is a permit granted after a certain time to exhume a body- is that the paper you refer to?
A.—After seven years.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Explain the system to the Commission.
The Chairman.-Do you keep books with all these entries?
A. Yes.
().—Well, I want these books put in, where are they?
(Government books put in.)
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Where are your own private books?
A.-I have none.
The Chairman.--Dont you keep any private books at all?
A.-No, I am in the Government employ. I have no private accounts.
Q. Do you spend the whole of your day at Mount Davis looking after burials ?
A. Yes.
Q.-Do you know anyone of the name of Lo Man Kai ?
A. Yes.
Q.-Is he a friend of yours?
A. Yes.
Q.--How long have you known him?
A.-Seven years.
Q.How long have you been in Government employ?
A. From November, 1901.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Who recommended you for that appointment?
A.-Lo Man Kai wrote me a letter to go to an Inspector whose name is "Anai". The people used to call him the junior No. 9.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Is that a Sanitary Inspector?
A. Yes.
Q-Is Lyon his name?
A.-l'eople call him "Anai”.
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