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By Dr. Jordan.
246.-Was the fever of your servants of the same type as that of your family?
A.-I think so, but I cannot state positively. I used to send them doses of quinine which I understood were administered, but they preferred to pack up and go
away.
247.--Did you see any of them in a chill?
A.--I don't remember, I have seen them but I don't remember having seen them in a chill.
248. When you had fever in 1878, was that of the same kind as you have suffered from now?
A.-Just the same. very painful in my case.
249.-I think you said in your paper it was not malarial, why did you say that?
A.-I think I must have mistaken the meaning of the word "malarial" in my
paper.
From what I have heard to-night, if my evidence is consistent with what you would think malarial fever, I was mistaken in the interpretation of the word.
The most prominent feature was the vomiting which was
By Dr. Yarr.
250.-You think the fever was produced by earth cutting?
A.-I think that was the predominating cause. I make reference also to having to get water from any source available. You cannot insist on your coolies bringing clean water. I have seen Major BROOKE's coolies taking water from certainly very filthy sources.
251.-Even for drinking water?
A.-No, it might have been for bath water, but it is impossible to go after the the coolies when they fetch it. They are supposed to fetch it from a certain source.
February 8th.
EVIDENCE OF MR. J. Y. V. VERNON.
year
By the Chairman.
252.-Had you fever in 1887?
A.-No.
253.-Where were you residing in 1887?
A. In my house in Robinson Road just behind Seymour Terrace. Part of the I was up at the Peak.
254.-Had any of your
household fever in 1887?
A.--One or two of our Chinese Servants had it.
255.-How often and at what dates?
A. One of them had it on and off from about June till November.
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