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Q-Mr. MUGFORD has told us that there are two districts, the inside and the out- side district. I understand you work in the inside district ?
A-Yes.
Q-How many buildings have you under you?
A-It is difficult to count them because in the book it is laid down that there are over 40. I make it 26, because if you take the main hospital and its dependencies and count them as one that makes a lot of difference. I count them as one.
Q-In this inside district how often do you go round all the buildings?
A- It is hard to say. When we have any building under repair, I am sent there to see the class of work required. Then I get an order transmitted to me through Mr. MUGFORD from Mr. TOOKER and I see the work carried out. I measure it, start it and make quantities.
Q—And, with regard to your measurements, what check is exercised by Mr. MuG- FORD over them?
A-Sometimes he will go on the building himself and measure it and compare the measurements. Very often he does that.
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Q-Does Mr. ToOKER ever check the measurements?
A-He never checks my measurements. I don't deal directly with Mr. TOOKER. Q-And your measurements are checked independently by Mr. MUGFORD frequent-
A-Yes, frequently.
Q-And in the inside district you have one contractor-А¤ Нok ?
A-Yes.
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Q-Do you consider him satisfactory?
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A-I don't.
Q-Why?
A-The last three or four months we have had great difficulty in getting the work done.
Q-Mr. MUGFORD has described him as slack.
A-Yes, I have had a lot of trouble with him. I got into trouble myself with Mr. TOOKER through him. You have to drive him.
Q-And is his work good?
A-I think a lot of it is badly done and I have shown it to Mr. Tooker.
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Q-Do you consider him a good man?
A-No.
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Q-You have reported this of course ?
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A-I have and they know my opinion of him.
Q-What is your average day's work?
A--In the morning I have to be at the office at nine o'clock to receive any orders. Before that, I make an appointment with the contractor to meet me at a certain Gov- erntment building and show him the work. I generally start at 7.30 and finish at 5 or 6 o'clock at night, and sometimes it is 7 o'clock. Sometimes I am out all day and no chance of getting tiffin or anything. Supposing I am at Kennedy Town I could not very well travel three or four miles for the sake of an hour, could I?
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