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Mr. WHITEHEAD-Are you aware that the Committee of the Tung Wa Hospital caused a lawyer's letter to be addressed to the Government intimating to the Government that the Committee were opposed to the forcible removal of patients from the Tung Wa Hospital to the Government Civil Hospital?—Yes.
Did the Committee unanimously request this letter to be written?-The Directors were all there consulting about the matter in the Hospital. It was stated that Dr. ATKINSON wanted CHAU KAM SING removed, and we went in and asked him "Do you wish to go there or not?" And he said "I am not willing to go."
What was the patient suffering from ?-His wrists were injured at the Sugar Works, and he could not move his hands. He was not taken away.
Did he recover?-Yes; he went and advertised in the papers giving thanks to the doctors in the Tung Wa Hospital and the attendants in the Hospital.
THE PRESIDENT-Was he quite cured when he left?--He could work the same as before. It was the action of the Tung Wa Committee which prevented his removal to the Civil Hospital.
THE PRESIDENT-You instructed the lawyer to write a letter ?-It was the Com- mittee who had the letter written; I was there as Chairman.
Dr. Ho KAI-How do you propose to pay off the debt of the Hospital?—The Government has $34,000 in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and we would like the Government to repay the money out of that.
Au Ki-nám, clerk to the Tung Wa Hospital.
THE PRESIDENT-How many years have you been employed at the Tung Wa Hospital?-Over eleven years.
Are there any doctors in the Hospital who were there when you went there ?---No.
How long have the doctors at present in the Hospital been there?—Probably about five years. They are constantly changing; they are engaged for three months only at a time.
You are in charge of the books of the Hospital?-Besides my place there is a register room.
Mr. WHITEHEAD-If a payment has to be made by the Tung Wa Committee by whom is the order signed? Who issues it ?-There is a monthly balance; the "chop" is affixed in the counting room. I used to hold the "chop," but now it is kept by a man named WONG. WONG is the man who attends to the money matters.
THE PRESIDENT-But there are three of the Directors specially appointed as treasurers ?—There are three who pay out the money; they are responsible.
No pay- ments can be made without their order.
Mr. WHITEHEAD-Where is the account of the Tung Wa kept-in a bank or otherwise ?-Both in English and Chinese banks.
How many patients, male and female, are there in the Hospital at the present time?-100 males and 19 females.
Dr. Ho KAI-Are those as many as the wards will accommodate ?—There is accommodation for about 112 without the old small-pox wards. Some of the patients at present are in these wards.
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