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Q.-You have heard it ?
A. Yes.
Q.-Who are the people who say these things?
A.-Really I can't say.
Q.-You came to the Colony a new man; who was the first person from whom you heard anything?
A.-Really I cannot tell.
Q. Do you think yourself there is any truth in it?
A.-Not from personal experience.
Q.-But from what you have heard, do you think there is any truth in it with regard to other persons?
A. Well, I have only taken it as a matter of scandal myself. I have never taken any notice of it.
Q.-Have you ever had to put any pressure in these men to make them do their work properly?
A.—I have had to make them take it down and do it over again times and again.
Q.-Have they tried to get out of that?
A.-No; they have always been very willing to take it down and do it my way. So long as they knew me determined to make them do it properly they have done it.
Q.-I wish you could give us some ideas of the people who make these statements. A.-Really I cannot. I have taken it as a matter of scandal.
Q-But who is it puts this scandal about? I think you could name one person.
A.-No, I don't think I could. I think when I first heard it I was staying at STAINFIELD'S and I heard it over the dinner table.
Q.-Could you mention the names?
A.-No, I don't think I could from memory; there were many there.
Q.-Suppose you yourself were making some inquiry of this sort, who would you
go to?
A.-Well, I could not, because I have made no friends since I have been in the Colony, and it is only a matter of hearsay,
Q-Then really you don't know anything that would be of any use to us?
A.-No, I do not.
Q.-The CHAIRMAN.-You signed this memorial to the Governor did
A. Yes.
Q. What particular articles or charges had you in your mind?
you not?