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A.-By sight only.
Q.-Have you never spoken to him?
A.-Never.
Q.-Never written to him?
A.-No.
Q. Do you know his brother?
A.-By sight only.
Q-Never had any communication with him?
A.-No.
Mr. L. G. D'ALMada e Castro is examined,-
Q.-Hon. A. LISTER.-What are you in the Colonial Secretary's Office?
A.-Thirk Clerk.
Q. How long have you been there?
A. Three years.
Q.-You have heard about a Colonial Secretary's Document, No. 84 of last year, getting into the hands of the Hongkong Telegraph?
A. Yes.
Q.-Have you formed any idea in your own mind how that was done?
A.-No.
Q. Do you know SMITH, the Editor of that paper?
A.-I know him by sight, but I never spoke to him.
Q.-You have no idea who would give that information?
A.-No.
Q.-Do you think it went from the Colonial Secretary's Office?
A.-I don't think so.
Q. What makes you think so?
A. Because in his letter there is Colonial Secretary's Official letter.
Q.-Hon. F. B. JOHNSON.-Why should that make you think so?
A.-Because any Officer in the Department would have said C.S.O.
Q.-Hon. A. LISTER.-Suppose an Officer had given him a memorandum C.S.Q., he might take it to mean something else; he might think it was Colonial Secretary's
Official Letter.
A. Yes, but I doubt it very much.