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Q-Do you know any case of a Justice who has held a different view from regard to the inclusion of refusal to labour as one of the acts of insubordination under Rule 274?
A-Yes.
Q-Perhaps you would not care to give their names?
A-Only one case.
Q--Have you ever administered floggings upon the word or evidence of a single Indian unsupported by other evidence?
A-No. I do not like to say absolutely no, but if I did it would be a case in which a prisoner was at a prescribed task, in the crank cell for instance, where there is no possible dispute as to whether he performed this task or not, the dial of the crank being evidence of this.
Hon. Commander HASTINGS--You receive corroboration from the dial?
WITNESS-Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN--Have you noticed whether one officer has made more reports than any other officer? Has it been characteristic of any particular officer to make reports?
WITNESS-I know exactly what you mean, but I cannot say.
Q-What control do you exercise over the Gaol hospital?
A-I visit it and see that the Rules are observed. I visit it daily.
Q-What check is kept on the warders of the hospital to keep them at their
work?
A-They are visited by the principal warder.
Q-Is there anybody who visits the hospital at stated times in the day, say, when the dressing time for the wounds comes, to see that the warders actually do dress the wounds?
A--No. It is not part of the duty of the principal warder to look to that. The doctor gives his instructions to the warder, I take it, before he leaves the hospital, and the warder carries these instructions out and is directly responsible that they are carried
out,
Q--Do you know whether 72 marks are still deducted for a flogging ?
A--No. Marks are not deducted for a flogging.
Q--I see Rule 321 says: "marks shall be deducted at the rate of 72 for a flog- ging."
A--These rules are all abolished. Rules 310 to 322 are cancelled by Government Notification No. 452 of 1892.
Q--No marks are deducted for a flogging?
A--Not of necessity.
Q--How many hours a day do these men labour?
A-Nine; four and a half hours in the forenoon and four and a half hours in the
afternoon.
Hon. Commander HASTINGS-There is a medium-sized rattan for the Gaol?
WITNESS-Yes.
Q-Over and above the sealed patteru?
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