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SIXTH MEETING.

Held July 22nd, 1892.

Present.

Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART (Registrar General), Chairman.

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F. H. MAY, (Acting Colonial Treasurer).

C. P. CHATER,

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Η ΚΑΙ.

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T. H. WHITEHEAD.

Minutes.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

The Evidence.

The Chairman then said-Gentlemen, since the last meeting there have been circulated among you a Chinese letter and translation received from the former Committee of the Pó Léung Kuk and a letter from the Captain Superintendent of Police with regard to a confidential report.* I have also just received another letter from the Captain Superintendent of Police in which he regrets that Chief Inspector MATHIESON will not be able to be present to-day as he has some Police duty to attend to. He will however be able to attend our next meeting.

I see Inspector KEMP is here to-day. I suppose that he has come in connection with the case mentioned last week by Mr. WODEHOUSE. I myself have made enquiries into it. We can question Inspector KEMP himself this afternoon. At the next meeting I propose to call Inspector LEE. I have made enquiries into the other case which you remember Mr. WODEHOUSE mentioned but would not give us the name of his informant. I have written to him for the name but have not yet received it. However, I have seen both parties in the case and I sent them to Honourable Ho Kai, and at the next meeting I hope to have a full statement of the facts of the case to lay before the Committee.

Honourable C. P. CHATER.-Which parties do you refer to ?

The CHAIRMAN.-I mean the blind man and the woman. Mr. WODEHOUSE said the woman had been forced by the Pó Léung Kuk to pay $50 to the man.

Honourable C. P. CHATER.-You have seen both parties? What statement did you get?

The CHAIRMAN.-I did not take the statement of the woman because I thought it would be better to leave the matter to an independent party as it had come before me previously. The Committee will be able to ascertain from Honourable Ho KAI what the facts were, and perhaps before our next meeting is held Mr. WODEHOUSE will have been able to give us the name of his informant, which he has not done yet.

Inspector STANton called.

The CHAIRMAN.-You are an Inspector of Police, Mr. STANTON ?

WITNESS.-Yes.

The CHAIRMAN.-Do any members wish to ask any questions? Honourable C. P. CHATER. You have heard of the Pó Léung Kuk ?

A.-I have.

* See Appendix 18.