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Q--An inveterate opium smoker?
A--Yes.
Q-Would an opium smoker severely flogged-I mean a flogging of twelve strokes --be more likely to develop abscesses than an abstainer from opium?
A-I do not think so.
Q-Is daily hard labour in Gaol more severe than the ordinary street coolies daily labour?
A-It is rather difficult to judge.
Q-You will not venture an opinion at present?
A--No, I would rather not.
Q-Can you tell me how a prisoner's daily diet compares with the diet of the average Chinaman?
A-I think they get quite enough of it--sixteen ounces of rice and pork and vegetables.
Q-How does that compare, so far as you know, with the average diet of the ordinary Chinaman ?
A-I should say they are very well fed.
Q-Do you say they are better fed?
A-I should say they are very well fed-better fed.
Q-I want to take you to the case of the man who died in Gaol the other day. When did you first see him?
A-I saw him on the 1st June?
Q-At what time?
A-About 10.30 in the morning.
Q-What state was he in then?
A-He was suffering from fever, had a very weak pulse, and was generally in a very low condition. He had two sloughs on his buttocks, and it was very difficult to get him to take any nourishment, and he was generally, I might say, in a sinking condition.
Q-What did you give him on visiting him at 10.30 ?
A-I gave him some brandy. He was then on milk and beef tea ordered by Dr. MARQUES. I gave him tea and brandy and told the warder to give him another dose at four o'clock, and also told him to continue the milk and beef tea.
Q--How many times did you see him?
A-I saw him again at 4 p.m.
Q-What state was he in then?
A--He made no complaint and his pulse was better. He was sensible.
Q-Did you dress the wounds yourself?
A-I dressed them in the morning and evening with an antiseptic.
Q-What state were they in then?
A-The two big sloughs on the buttocks were pretty extensive-
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