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Q. Do you think the best plan would be to have wooden pavement ?
A.-It would be more expensive in the first outlay, but it would be cheaper in the long run.
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Q. Are you in favour of it?
A. That is for the Government to say.
By Mr. Master.—Did you come here under an engagement to the Government?
A.-No.
Q.-You came here, and were taken on?
A. Yes.
Q. Have you noticed the state of the road between the Naval Hospital and the Race Course ?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you notice some time ago regular strings of coolies with barrows wheel- ing earth from that chute down there, and leaving the road with a sort of mud or dust on top?
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Yes.
Q-Is there any reason why that should not be taken away now?
A.-I have taken that away twice now.
Q-There is a great deal of it still?
A.-I know it is very bad. I have spoken to the contractor in charge of the coolies about it.
By the Chairman.-Have you any suggestion to make to the Commission with regard to the roads, in addition to what you have already stated in your evidence? A-I don't know what more I have to say. If you give me good material I will try and make good roads for you, but I can't make good roads with bad material.
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U. A. FARRELL, sworn:—.
By the Chairman.-What is your position in the Public Works Department? A-First, I am in charge of all telegraphs and telephones for Hongkong, Kowloon, and the New Territory, and, secondly, Overseer of Roads outside the City of Victoria.
Q-How long have you been in the Public Works Department?
A-I joined it on 1st November this year.
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Q-What was your profession before you joined ?
A-I left the Royal Engineers as an electrician.
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Q-For how long were you in the Royal Engineers?
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A-Nine years all but a few days.
Q-And your special duty in the Royal Engineers was that of electrician?
A-Yes.
Q-And what was your rank?
A-I was a Sapper.