Q.--Who is the clerk ?
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A. He looks after the correspondence.
Q.-He is a servant of the Pó Léung Kuk ?
A. Yes.
Q.-He makes the second when there are no other members present?
A. If another member happens to be late.
Q.-Does that happen often?
A.-Only occasionally.
Q.-Is the second member ever entirely absent?
A.--Never absent, only late. The report must be signed by two.
Q. Do you not know of a single instance in which there have been only one member of the Committee and the Clerk present?
A.-No, not a single case.
Q.-After the investigations you send the particulars in to the Registrar General?
A. Yes.
Q-And are guided by the Registrar General as to what should be done with the girls?
A. We make recommendations.
Q. Which would you prefer the state of things as it is at the present moment? or getting the majority of votes to decide as to what should be done with the girls?
A.-I should prefer that we might decide by the majority of the members of the Board.
Q.-Has not the business of the Society been carried on in a satisfactory manner heretofore?
A. Yes.
Q.-And every thing has worked well ?
A. Yes.
Q.-Then why ask for a change?
A.--The thing would not be right unless the majority decide it.
Q.-Then the thing has not been right heretofore, but you contend that everything has been satisfactory.
A.--We have made our recommendations to the Registrar General and they are generally accepted by him.
Q.--Why should not that be done in the future?
A.-- You see, we are business men. We may get hold of kidnappers, and, if we work without the Government, they may go for us in our commercial affairs.
The CHAIRMAN.-You have read the new Ordinance?
A.-Yes.
Q.--You desire that the Society should be associated with the Government, and not be able to act, as at present, independently of the Government?
A.--That is so.
Q.--That is one of the chief advantages?
A.--Yes.
Q.-The other advantage is with regard to the permanent Committee?
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