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Q-Would you think it advisable, that that power of saying whether a floor is good or bad should be placed in the hands of a District Inspector, who did not have the qualifica- tions ?
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A. If he were taught properly, he ought to be able to know whether a material is good or bad.
Q.-Although he was not able to pass the examination ?
A. I should say So.
It is not a difficult matter to test concrete.
Q-What advantage is the Sanitary Institute here, then?
A.-It is not very difficult. There are other things besides that. It is one of the chief things they would have to supervise, the looking after the concrete, and very soon they would be able to learn good or bad.
Q-And having first learned, and they failed to pass the examination, do you think they would be qualified to express ar opinion as to good or bad concrete ?
A.--I should say in concrete he ought to know.
Q.-But dont you think that is one of the principal things?
A.—One of the principal things, he is instructed here, but in an examination there is such a big syllabus-that is only one of the small, easy things to do.
Q. And therefore you think he might pass in that, without passing in other subjects?
A. Yes.
Mr. Humphreys. You have said that these Inspectors are capable of condemning concrete, but you
have also told the Commission that all lime concrete is bad. I would therefore like you to state whether there is any danger to the community from a Sanitary point of view, in replacing bad concrete with bad concrete ?
A.-No, I should think not. It should be cement concrete.
Q. Then the present system of ordering the reconcreting of yards with lime concrete is a senseless waste of money ?
A. Yes, certainly, in the absence of being able to obtain good lime concrete.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Then, if all condrete is bad, and these Sanitary Inspectors pass it, what do you say to that?
A.They are simply conforming to the Ordinance, which simply states lime concrete.
Q-No, the Ordinance states they must use good lime concrete.
A.-It is as good as they can get. Judging by local conditions, I should say they were correct in passing it.
Q.-And in every case, in which it has been passed, it has been bad?
A.-According to my experience
Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Can you make good concrete ?
A. You can, if you can get good lime.