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Q-What ineans would you suggest as a remedy?
A-I think the only remedy is to go farther afield and provide more storage. Q--And that could have been done during the last few years?
A-I think so.
Q-Have you any idea why it was not done? Supposing money was provided, could it have been done?
A-Yes.
Q-And you can't suggest any reason why it was not done?
A-There is plenty of water here. It is principally a question of storage.
Q-Supposing you had been still in the Public Works Department, would you
have considered it part of your duty to see it done?
A-I should have considered it part of my duty to have it recommended. Q-Supposing money was voted to you, could it have been done?
A--It could easily have been done.
Q-Provided there were enough men?
A-Yes.
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H. C. FISHER, P. W. D. recalled:-
The Chairman.-This is your letter,* Mr. FISHER, dated to-day, with regard to the question of the Law Courts. Some of the members of the Cominission wish to ask you some questions with reference to it.
By Mr. Shewan.-The plans that were originally prepared, have they not been vitally altered?
A-No, Sir.
Q-What is the height of the Law Courts-the Supreme Court room ?
A-It will be 48 feet from floor level to the soffite of the dome.
Q-I heard, when first the plans came out here, that the height of the Law Court was so low that nobody knowing anything of the tropics would design such a room?
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A That was one of the objections that the late Mr. FRANCIS raised that the rooms were too low, but the rooms or offices on the ground floor were shewn 19 feet in height.
Q-Are you of opinion that a man of experience who has lived in the tropics would design such a room as is sent out?
A-Yes, it is the same as the original sketch and it appears to me to be ample.
Q-Take any of the rooms; were they designed in such a way as nobody out here would design them?
A-No, the rooms on the ground floor were 19 feet high, the Great Court 48 feet, the Small Court and Library are each 35 feet high.
Q-Then you think that statement was untrue ?
A-Quite untrue.
Appendix No. 17.