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But now your attention has been drawn to it, there might
possibly be ?
A.
Possibly, but I cannot put my hand to paper without the work going to those Chinese clerks.
am talking about the possibility of one of those 14647 forms being handed to a property owner by a Chinese clerk, saying "this is to cost you a lot of money,
I ca square it".
and
A.
It has not occurred to me.
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It never occurred to you to take any particular step 14648
to guard against such a possibility ↑
A.
No, I have never taken any steps.
Have you got a rubber signature ↑
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A.
Yes, I have two.
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Q.
What sort of papers are these attached to.. Would you have a rubber stamp attached to a paper like that?
(Exhibits notice).
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference:-
HC.O. 537
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A.
No, these are signed at present, I only use my stamp for initials, and that is used by Mr Carter or the Chief Clerk to stamp all these notices or letters before I sign them, to indicate that he has checked
them.
So that a facsimile of your initials is merely a
private arrangement between you and your subordinates,
to know that it has been chooked ?
A.
That is BO.
Q.
Why should he use your inital for stamping on paper, that he he pued. We know that it is the usual custom
for a subordinate when he checkɛ a paper before it is seen by the Superintendent to initial ft, and there are very few documents or papers he signes which have not been checked by one or two or three of his
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