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[page 721] ability had been over that hospital that there would have been a more strict discipline. Ans. I think there would. Of course you cannot make it a positive thing. I am speaking of it up to the time I left. Ques. What should you say from your connection with the hospital was the leading idea predominating there to run it economically, do the farming well and manage the finances of the hospital well, or to make it as curative as possible. Ans. I think the farming came first and the patients came second. Ques. Was the man at the head of the farm a man of more force than the man at the head of the hospital. Ans. It seemed to me he had that character. Ques. Who should you say was the superior officer in that hospital. Ans. It seemed to me there were two heads, it seemed to me as though the steward had the most power, at least exercised the most Ques. You heard the eight different suggestions of improvements; do you think there is any opportunity for improvement there. Ans. Oh! yes. Ques. Do you think that the hospital would be improved if there were more attendants and more experienced ones. Ans. Yes. Ques. Do we think that the hospital would be improved if there was a trained head nurse or head