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Dr. HO KAI-You can tell us the amounts collected and the grants of money given by the Government to the Committee.
THE PRESIDENT-All the papers are on record in the Colonial Secretary's Office. I have examined a good many papers dealing with the financial position. Fifteen thousand dollars is the sum mentioned in the Ordinance as being paid out of the public funds of the Colony as a donation towards the cost and expenses of working and maintaining the Hospital, but there was a large sum of money given afterwards from the special fund.
Dr. Ho KAI-It would be important to know how the money was invested, and how much money is derived from these investments, and the amount of the annual contributions.
THE PRESIDENT-I think that can be obtained from the annual report or Ching Sun Luk.
Mr. WHITEHEAD-Their own statement will show the yearly income clearly?
THE PRESIDENT-Clearly.
Mr. WHITEHEAD-It includes everything?
THE PRESIDENT-It includes everything.
Dr. Ho KAI-We should inquire how much work they have done for those Chinese abroad in Australia, California, and so on, and what benefit or subscription they have derived from these Chinese. That will be a very interesting question. I do not know what they get in comparison for the work they do--for taking care of their dead bones, and so on.
THE PRESIDENT-The points for inquiry seem to be as follows. First of all, we have to inquire into the origin and constitution and the object of the Hospital. When the papers, to which I have referred, have been circulated, we ought to be in the posses- sion of the facts on this point. Secondly, we must inquire into the finances, and Mr. THOMSON and I will draw up a statement on that point; and thirdly, there is the question of the management and internal arrangements of the Hospital. That ques- tion, of course, will involve the calling of witnesses, and the following names have occurred to me of gentlemen likely to give us a considerable amount of information on the subject:-
Dr. ATKINSON, Acting Colonial Surgeon,
Dr. THOMSON, Alice Memorial Hospital,
Mr. LEIGH, Architect, who has been interested lately in making the improve-
ments on the Hospital,
Mr. MCCALLUM, Secretary of the Sauitary Board, who has examined the Hos-
pital from time to time from a sanitary point of view, and
Dr. CLARK, the Medical Officer of Health.
There are certain papers containing the opinions of Dr. CLARK and Mr. MCCALLUM, which will be circulated. There are, no doubt, others whom the Commission would like to call as witnesses, such as-
Mr. WONG SHING,
Mr. LI SHING,
The present Chairman of the Committee, Mr. KU FAI-SHAN, and
The Clerk who is in charge of the records.
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