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staff was a hindrance to you. You were overworked. I never saw Mrs. Moss idle. She assisted in the kitchen to cook special food. By Mr. Cotter: I left the Home in April, about three years ago, I think. T left, on the first occasion, in October, 1900, and was employed again from April to June, 1901. I was not in the employment of the Board when the inquiry was held. When the inquiry was going on I offered to give evidence. That was after Mr. Moss had been requested to resign. My duties were only in the kitchen. Robert Martin Beattie sworn, and examined by Mr. Moss. lam the Medical Superintendent of the Auckland Lunatic Asylum. I have known Miss Mark for about nine years. I found her always endeavouring to undermine the authority of her superior officers. She was always very disloyal to myself, harsh and unsympathetic in dealing with the patients, and incessantly quarrelling with the other nurses. 1 should not have given her a testimonial. I remember a fire at the Asylum. Miss Mark assisted me to save my books. By Mr. Cotter: She was in the asylum for ten years. Dr. MacGregor offered her a junior position in the Seacliff Asylum. Mr. Justice Cooper and Mr. Ewington were Visiting Justices. I made no complaints to them about Miss Mark. She also neglected her duty, and was untruthful. I have found her out in an untruth. By Dr. Anderson: I have never had any complaints to make about want of cleanliness in the patients received from the Home. In a recent case I received from the Home the patient was admitted in a very uncleanly condition. That was in the last few months. Ido not think it is advisable to keep a man in a condition of imbecility in the Costley Home, such imbecility being brought about by masturbation. Frederick George Ewington sworn and examined. I have been Official Visitor to the Asylum for sixteen years. I know Miss Mark. I visited the Asylum about every three weeks. I looked upon Miss Mark as a fair average attendant. We have had no more complaints about Miss Mark than about some of the other attendants. By Mr. Moss: I have known you eighteen years. I would not think you would be likely to be cruel or harsh to any one. I think well of you both. I have only been to the Home once. Mart Phillips sworn, and examined by Mr. Cotter. lam a certificated hospital nurse. I was that when I was appointed assistant to the Costley Home. I went there on the 13th January, 1901. I was there till last February. Many of the patients had a great deal of vermin on them. The bedsteads were not clean. [The evidence given by this witness before the inquiry was read to her.] These statements are correct. I had to get the carbolic from Mr. Moss. He would only give it in very small quantities, not enough for the patients and the clothes. By Mr. Moss: I was not sent to the Home to report on its condition. I was quite friendly with you and Mrs. Moss. I never told any of the inmates that Mrs. Moss's instructions were to be ignored. I wished to soak the clothes before they went to the laundry. I did not want to frighten the patients. I did not want to secure Mrs. Moss's position. I have no recollection of declining to assist Mrs. Moss. I remember Mrs. Patterson, who received injuries from falling from the bed. The bed was filled with straw which was supplied to me, and I made it as flat as I could. I remember your calling the attention of the Board to the bed. 1 applied some lotion to the eyes of Mrs. Albrechter. The doctor prescribed the lotion, and Mrs. Moss gave it to me. It is not easy to keep the flies away. There are not more flies there than in any other place. The patients were visited late, and if they were very ill they were sat up with. The last round was usually made about 10 p.m. Unless we were called, they were not visited till morning. No one was on duty at night. There was a man up the whole night in the male side. lam a staff nurse now at the Hospital at Waipukurau. My relations with Mr. Skynner were harmonious. The bottle of lotion was warm when supplied to me by Mrs. Moss. I cannot say if lotions were made tip at the Home. Robert Haldane Makgill sworn and examined. lam the District Health Officer in Auckland. I was in charge of the Auckland Hospital in 1894 and 1895. In 1894 I was doing locum tenens for Dr. King for two weeks. I remember a cancer case at the Home. I believe the idea was to get rid of those helpless cases, so as to get room at the Hospital, which was then not so large as it is now. Ido not think it is advisable to have cancer cases there now unless they have a staff of trained nurses and proper hospital accommodation, which they have not. It is, in my opinion, not desirable to have a maternity home there. It is too far away, and it is not desirable to mix those cases up with the kind of" people you have at such a home. There are no properly trained nurses for such cases. I know the arrangements for the disposal of the sewage. I examined them eighteen months a,go. They are most insanitary. A properly constructed septic tank would be suitable, and could be erected there. The present tank could be converted into a septic tank. I examined it at the request of the Chairman of the Board. I made several minor suggestions. I believe some of them were carried out. The Onehunga Springs are not likely to be prejudicially affected. The piggeries are too near the Home. It is a pity to have them there at all. The urinals were not in a healthy condition. They are badly constructed. The privies were not in a sanitary condition. With the septic tank it would be better to have water-closets. The male infirmary was overcrowded and badly constructed. Cross-ventilation is not possible. The place was, on the whole, cleanly when I saw it. The bedding was clean and sufficient.