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yes, sir. Q. You never take patients out of the private ward and put them in the general ward unless there is an understanding (that scratched out) with the friends who put them there, or unless you notify them? A. They generally understand it, yes sir. Q. Do you take private patients and put them in the general wards unless you have an understanding with the friends that you can do it when in your judgement it is best, or unless you notify them A. If they made any objection, any complaint about it, I usually explained it to them Q. How should they know unless you notified them A. It is easy enough to find it out in these days. Q. Do you always notify them A. Perhaps not. By Mr. Butler: Q. IS there any patient there now who occupies the general hall and the lodge and whose friends pay $7 a week A. There are 3 of them that