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392.--WONG KUT SUN, declared and cautioned:-
Q.-You have had no trouble since. Well, how do you get over the trouble. Do you find it better to give a present to them?
A.-No, I have not given presents.
Q.-Now, have your contractors given them any presents?
A.-I dont know about that.
Q-Have you ever heard of a Chinese contractor giving any Sanitary Inspector a present ?
A.-All Inspectors get presents, not only Sanitary Inspectors-that has nothing to do with them I mean.
225.-D. S. DADY BURJOR, declared and cautioned:-
Mr. Humphreys.—You said just now that you knew something about Inspector Reidie?
A.-He summoned me one day to appear before the Police Magistrate for not having whitewashed 37 Des Voeux Road Central. This was building for a Chairman for delivery
in March.
The Chairman.-Was this after the house had been inhabited ?
A. Yes, of course. We leased out to other sub-tenants, and I went to the Sanitary Board, and told them I was no longer the owner of the house. They had summoned me and the summons was wrong. They made an appointment for me to meet Inspector Reidie near the Clock Tower. Inspector Reidie said he did not believe me, and I said "walk into the Land Office and see." He said "That is not my business, you come before the Magistrate and prove it."
118.-ALFRED CARTER, sworn:
Mr. Humphreys.-You say you have seen so many curious things in the Department that you are not surprised at anything?
A. Not in the way of that sort of thing.
Q.-Would you amplify that, and give us a few of your reasons?
A.-Largely work in connection with the reconcreting of ground surfaces, and lime- washing. In my opinion that has got into the hands of a select few by some means.
Q.-Do you think these select few are connected in any way with the Officers of the Sanitaty Board, or of the Department ?
A. -I cannot prove that, but I would not be surprised.
The Chairman. What makes you make this statement that the limewashing and concreting are in the hands of a select few ?