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Not as I am aware of, fir. I have pointed it out

000&sionally, when I have come across it.

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I come first on to whether you consider it part of 1833

your duty?

No, I do not, Sir, except in so far that I consider

it my duty as an officer of the Board to bring to the attention of the President any irregularity I sTO,

whether I have orders or not. But I had no order about

the size of graves.

Now, on the 18th July this year, you reported to the 1934

P. C. X. O. for his information that you visited Hount

Davis Cemetery the day before, and found that the only

graves which exceeded the regulation size were situated

in the old portion of the cemetery, and had not been

numbered. The numbering of gravas was commenced in 1892.

By whose order did you go out, and get that information »

The P. C. M. 0. who was then Dr Clark.

What was his order to you, on that ? Was it in

writing?

Well, I could not say, Sir.

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I dont remember. I bellave it was a verbal request

that I should go up there and report to him, if there

had been any excess.

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What document did you take with you to enable you to

- find out whether the area of the grave exceeded their

proper limit ?

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None at all.

Then, how do you know that they exceeded them ?

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There has been a regulation with regard to the size of

graves, in the office, - a copy of the regulation,

for some time, but I query whether it ever had had any

official recogni'ion, and I wrote in about that. Up to

then, these regulations had not been strictly adhered to,

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

GO. 537

OUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH - NOT TO BE

RECORD OFFICE,

LONDON