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enlarge the grave space for weeks, in many cases months

afterwards. We will quote section C for the sake of

argiment. By the time you have visited it again, there

is a big chinnam business round it, what the Chinese

call decoration, and this may be months afterwards,

not months, but my habit has been one section one week,

and another section another week. I perhaps take section

A one week, next week I take section B, and next time I

will take section C. I really could not do threa

sections in one day.

How long would it take an officer, if he were deputed 18f 80

to do that?

At Mount Davis, Sir ?

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Yes?

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One day completely, to do it thoroughly.

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One day a week ?

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Yes, one whole day a week.

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Although the interments amount to only about ten a

week ?

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Yes.

The Chairman:-

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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with regard to the weekly return you make, you say your sin

Chinese telephone olerk copies this in English from

the Chinese register, kept by the sexton. You have no

means of checking which section each grave is made in,

but I presume you have a paper for sach graYO, and if

there are ten interments, there are ten certificates ?

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Yes,

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And a bill for the head stones ?

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Yes.

$6.9.

And you are sure of the numbers ?

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Absolutely sure of the numbers.

Mr Shelton Hooper:-

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I think it is part of your duty to be conversant with $87.

the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance ↑

I endeavour to be conversant with it.