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More than once anyhow ?
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Oh well, three times, or a few timer as a
The Chairman:-
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Do you mean to say that after having done the work 225
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and it was done well, as it was always done,
that you
used to send him some presents, after the whole thing
was finished ?
well, sometimes when the work was all finished, and
sometimes when it was not. I had it in my mind to give
him some presents.
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And so you spent $100 and some tens of dollars over it
from first to last ?
A.
For a year.
Er Fung Wa Chun:-
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A.
And you have done that for several years ?
Sometimes not. It was only sonstiges that it was.
At what time of the year, did you generally make those
presents ?
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well, at Christmas, and sometimes at ordinary times.
The Chairman:-
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At any time, not necessarily at Xmas tike ?
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A.
More of course was given at Xman, and at orain-ry times
the little ones.
The Interpreter:-
He means spirits and beer.
The Chairman:-
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A.
It was generally the custom for people, holding
contracts such as you have, to give presents to the
Sanitary Surveyor while work was going on, or when work
was completed, irrespective of the time of the year ✦
Well, it depends upon the feeling of the man.
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But it was quite a common custom, wasnt it, the most
of you did it ?
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Well, I dont know about these things. I speak about my
ow matters. I dont know about other mens' matters.
And dont you find it cheaper to but those things, and give them to them as presents, than haying your work
rejected and not passed ?
Oh well, it was the same whether you gave presenta or
not.
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