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NINTH MEETING.
Held September 30th, 1892.
Present.
Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART (Registrar General), Chairman.
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C. P. CHATER.
HO KAI.
T. H. WHITEHEAD.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
The CHAIRMAN read letters regretting inability to attend the Committee and give evidence before it, from Mr. Woo LIN YUEN and Mr. CHOW PING, and explained that Mr. NG CHOY would also be unable to give evidence having recently left the Colony, and that a letter he had addressed to Mr. CH'AN LONG-HIN, inviting him to attend had been returned with "Gone to Shanghai" inscribed on the cover.
Mr. N. J. EDE called.
The CHAIRMAN.-You are Secretary of the Union Insurance Company?
WITNESS.-Yes.
Q. Are you acquainted with the Chinese language?
A.—No, I am not.
Q.-Are you personally acquainted with the Pó Léung Kuk ?
A.-I am not.
Q.—Are you personally acquainted with the working of the Pó Leung Kuk? A-No.
Q.-You have had no practical experience of the Pó Léung Kuk?
A.--None whatever.
Q.--Have you made any special study of the question of kidnapping among the Chinese ?
A.-No.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-In the Hongkong Daily Press of Saturday, April 23rd last, a letter appears headed "The Bill for the Incorporation of the Pó Léung Kuk" signed by you, Mr. EDE. I refer you to that date. Is that your letter?
A. Yes.
Q.-Was it drafted and prepared by some one else or by yourself? A.-By myself.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.--Mr. CHAIRMAN, I desire that this letter* in the Daily Press should be inserted in the appendix to our proceedings. (To witness) Have you carefully read the proposed bill for the incorporation of the Pó Léung Kuk?
A.—Yes, I read it carefully before I wrote that letter.
* See Appendix
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