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EIGHTH MEETING.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Monday, 13th January, 1902.
PRESENT:
The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, C.M.G., (Chairman).
The Honourable JOHN THURBURN.
Colonel L. F. BROWN, R.E.
ROBERT GORDON SHEWAN, Esq.
G. C. C. Master, Esq.
E. D. C. WOLFE, Esq., (Secretary).
W. DANBY, sworn:-
By the Chairman.-How long have you been in Hongkong?
A-I arrived here in the beginning of 1874.
Q-You came out originally to Hongkong to join the Public Works Department?
A-I did.
Q-In what capacity ?
A-I was like a Number 2.
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A-They had not these titles then.
Q--How long were you in the, l'ublic Works Department?
A-About seven years.
Q-And after leaving the Public Works Department, you set up in private prac- tice here?
A-I did.
Q--And have been here ever since ?
A-I have.
Q-As a professional gentleman in private practice here, you are, of course, brought into intimate relations with the Public Works Department ?
A-I am.
Q-Have your relations with that Department suggested to you any improve- ment that you think might be made in the Public Works Department?
A-That is rather a difficult question.
Q--We will get at it easier in this way. We have had in evidence given before us complaints as to delays in connection with the Public Works Department. Have you had any trouble in that direction?
A-I have, in certain respects.
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