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Q. Why did you pay him $5 ?
Did he do the work for you ?
A. No, it was this way. That place had been whitewashed, and then he said it was not proper.
The Chairman.--Who said?
A.The Inspector did.
Q. Which Inspector?
A -I dont know him. It was the Inspector who saw to the whitewashing for Tai Ping Shan.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What date was that,-have you got the date ?
A. Yes.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-He did not pass the work, so you gave him $5 to pass it?
A.-Well, he gave us a notice that we would have to re-whitewash, and then $5 was given to him, and we did not need to do it.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-How many floors were there?
A. Four and the ground floor,-five altogether.
Q. How much did you pay the contractor a floor, for doing it in the first place?
A. Well, $1.50 or so a floor.
Q.-So it comes to this, that you had to pay $2.50 a floor by paying the Inspector $5, before he would pass the five floors?
A. Yes, it is so.
Dr. J. M. ATKINSON, recalled:-
P. S. of Colonial Secretary's
Dr. Atkinson appears before the Commission to rectify his previous evidence, and to Minute. make such statement as may be necessary.
Page 1985. Question 16206: Dr. Atkinson now states that the Petition was not submitted to him.
Page 1987. Question 16215: Dr. Atkinson says the answer is No, and the informa- tion will be found in C.S.O. 2168 of 1902, or in C.S.Ó. 2108 of 1902.
Question 16233 : Dr. Atkinson says that his answer to that is contained in C.S.O.
2755 of 1902.
Page 1990. Question 16235 : Dr. Atkinson says the reasons he gave are contained in C.S.O. 2755 of 1902.
Page 1991. Question 16246: Dr. Atkinson says the exact date is 5th November, 1902, and adds "and I also wrote again, because you asked me if that was the only time, I also wrote in again to the Government on the 25th February, 1903, on the same subject." (.S.O. 1628 of 1903.
The Chairman.--Was that in the form of a Despatch to the Government ?
A.-It was a letter, yes.