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Q.-It would be very easy for
you or any
other Contractor to give a bribe to an
Overseer to say there was more work done than was done?
bills.
A.-I dare not do that sort of thing.
Q.-Hon. A. LISTER.-Why not?
A.-How dare I give other people money?
Q. Hon. F. B. JOHNSON.-But you dare to give the clerk money?
A.-Only for his trouble.
Q-But is not one per cent a great deal to give him for his trouble?
A.-That was a small fee he had for his trouble.
Q.-Do you call one per cent a small fee?
A.-Sometimes the bill only amounted to $10 odd and he had to write about ten
Q.--How much do you think that clerk makes out of all the bills?
A.-I don't know.
Q.--The CHAIRMAN.--Do you know what the meaning of the term squeeze is in
Chinese?
A.-To extort money.
Q.-Have you ever been squeezed by any Officer in the Public Works Department?
A.-No, never.
Q.-Have you ever voluntarily paid any money?
A.-No.
Q.-As friends?
A.-No.
Q. Do you know Mr. Rose?
A. Yes.
Q-Have you not lent him money?
A.-No.
Q. Do you know Mr. FRASER-SMITH or Mr. STUART-SMITH?
A.-I do not.
Q.-Never heard of them?
A.-No, never heard anything about them, never heard their names.
Q.-You know the Newspaper, the Hongkong Telegraph?
A.-No.