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Q-What works are being constructed without overseers ?
A-The Gaol staff quarters have neither an Assistant Engineer nor an overseer. I have them completely in my own hands now.
Q-How often do you visit them ?
A-On an average, once in two days. Just now I am visiting them once or per- haps twice a day. The work is nearing completion.
Q-Are there any other works?
A-Sheung Shui Police Station, Tai O Police Station, and Saikung Police Station have only Chinese overseers.
Q-These are in the New Territory?
A-Yes.
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Q--How often do you visit them ?
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A-Once in three weeks I endeavour to visit them.
Q-Are they nearly completed ?
A—Saikung, I handed over on Monday to the Police.
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Q-And the other two?
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A-The other two are going on satisfactorily now.
Q-With regard to the measurements in connection with these works, how do you check them?
A-I do them myself.
Q-And are there any other works not under overseers ?
A-Some of them have an Assistant Engineer, and in some cases an Assistant Engineer and myself work without an overseer. Market Street Latrine has no overseer. Q-Then in the case of works without any overseer, you yourself or an Assistant Engineer looks after them. Do you visit them?
A-Yes, we visit them frequently.
Q--I presume that the works that have no overseer are not so large as the ones that require an overseer?
A-Not as a rule.
Q-And what is the principal rule with regard to works requiring or not requir- ing an overseer?
A-The question of importance. It is very necessary to have an overseer when putting in concrete foundations.
Q-Then are overseers ever responsible for measurements ?
A-No.
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Q-They must come from yourself or from the Assistant Engineer?
A-Yes.
Q-Do you consider the staff working under you in connection with Public Works Extraordinary sufficient or not?
A--Scarcely. We are certainly short of overseers.
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Q-How many overseers more do you think you will require ?
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A-Some of the work is put behind because we have not got the staff to overtake The present work would require one more overseer.
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