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A. Yes, Sir.
Q.-You have? Where did you get it from ?
A-It is simply a copy of the sexton's Chinese register.
Q. And who writes that Chinese register?
A.-Himself.
Q. Who is himself?
A.-The sexton.
The Chairman.-Do
you
know what his name is ?
A. I can't tell you.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Would you know it, if you heard it? Is he called Lo Chung?
A. Yes.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Therefore it comes to this, that Lo Chung is the only one who keeps any record that the corpse is buried in the section, which he has been paid for?
A.--That is so, Sir. I dont know Chinese.
Q.--And no Englishman or Superior Officer ever checks that?
A-Simply I get a copy of it, from his register.
Q-But that is not a check. You make a copy of it?
A. Yes.
Q. And what good is that to you?
A. Not in the slightest.
Q.-Therefore it is no check?
A.-No, Sir.
The Chairman.-Would it not be possible for you to go round and examine the graves, when you say there are only ten a week?
A.-No, Sir. I will put it to you. Is it possible for me, as a Senior Sanitary Inspect- or with two of the largest Districts of the City under me, to pay the attention that is really necessary in a cemetery in a huge place like Mount Davis?
Q-1 want to know from you if it is possible.
A. It is not, Sir. Honour bright, it is not.
Q-And is it possible for any Inspector to go round and look at the graves that have been dug and filled in .
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