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Q.-You said just now, however, that TSAU KUNG-WAN'S fourth concubine had done something wrong?
A. Yes.
Q.-Were you aware that that was the "something wrong"?
A.-No.
Q. Are you a member of the Tung Wa Hospital ?
A.-No.
Q.--Do you know whether there is a record of that case in the Tung Wa Hospital* records ?
A.-I do not know, but I did hear a man say that she had done wrong.
Q.--Do you know Mr. WONG SHING'S son?
A-.Yes.
Q.-Do you know that Mr. WONG SHING'S son is a member of the Kwong Shiu Kung Sho at Shanghai ?
A.--No.
Q.--Do you know, whether as a matter of fact, that two girls supposed to be con- cubines of TSAU KUNG-WAN were sold as prostitutes?
A.-No.
Q-Suppose you yourself had evidence before you that a woman was in the habit of procuring girls and alleging that they were to be the concubines of an old man in Shanghai whereas the woman was selling them as prostitutes, would you not as a member of the Committee arrest that woman and suspect her?
A. Yes, I would.
Q. And when you have got a man from Shanghai such as Mr. WoNG SHING's son who says that he knew of those two cases against TSAU KUNG WAN or his fourth concubine, would you not think that the Committee were justified in keeping this girl?
A.--Yes.
The CHAIRMAN.With regard to this case of TSAU KUNG-WAN's concubine, the girl said she did not wish to go ?
A. I said that at first she was willing to go, but after she had got some information she would not go..
Q. Do you know that the girl was detained by the Registrar General and not by the Pó Léung Kuk ?
A. I did not know.
Q.
It was by order of the Registrar General that she was brought from the ship and detained, and I can show you the correspondence.
A.—Allow me to ask, do the Pó Léung Kuk possess the right to go on board a ship and arrest people? Do they go as constables?
The CHAIRMAN.-No Pó Léung Kuk detective goes on board now without a European inspector.
A.-I understood the Pó Léung Kuk detectives could go and arrest anyone they liked. Can the detectives go into private dwelling houses?
The CHAIRMAN.-Nobody can enter a private house without a warraut, it is illegal.
A.—I heard that the Pó Léung Kuk detectives had been inside people's houses annoying the inmates. It is only hearsay. I have no practical knowledge of it myself.
* See Appendix 38 (D, and E.)
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