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Q.-Would it not be cheaper to pay the money to the inspector, and not to do the work at all, than to do the work two or three times, and be summoned at the Magistracy and be fined ?
A.-I did work according to the custom, and I did not pay the inspector. The Sanitary Board has regulations, and if it is not done properly, it is required to be done again.
Q.-You got 20 cents a floor, didn't you, for doing this limewashing?
A.--Yes.
Q-And for that money, you can afford to do the work properly, and you can make a profit, so long as you do not have to bribe the inspector, or if you do the work two or three times over-is not that so ?.
A. Yes.
Q.-90 cents is the regular price for a sub-contractor to get for a floor, isn't it?
A. Yes.
Q. And you can make a living out of it?
A. Yes.
Q. And you are quite willing to undertake any amount of work at that price, aren't you?
A. Yes.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have you ever worked for anyone directly, who is not a contractor, that is, a principal?
A.—No, I dont know the owners. I am second sub-contractor.
The Chairman.-Do you work for any other contractor than Tse A Kam ?
A. No, I dont know so many people.
Mr. Fung Wa Chan-You was prosecuted a week ago, a fortnight ago-wasn't you?
A. Yes, there is the summons-on the 5th.
Q.-On account of what?
A.—It was said that my whitewashing was not proper.
Q. That means the whitewashing of No. 15 Gough Street ?
A. Yes.
Q.--Who was the Inspector who looked after that work?
A.--I dont know him.
Q-Well, did you see any inspector come to look at it?
A.--I dont know whether he came to look at it, or not. When I finished it, I presented a Petition to the Sanitary Board, and a week after the summons was served on me.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Didn't the Sanitary Board send you any answer, after you asked them if it was properly done, to say that it was not properly done, before they summoned you?