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please you?

There were several, When I used to report on memos any

contravention of the Scavenging or Conservancy contracts,

they used to get put in under the blotting pad, and in

the morning when I would go to the office, I would find

the coolie dusting the place, and find my memos lying

all over the place, instead of being forwarded to the

Medical Officer of Health in the proper manner.

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Did you find it difficult, when you were in No 9

District, to carry out your work honestly?

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The temptation to which a District Inspector is

exposed is very great ?

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When you say it is

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I am coming to that. Now, the difficulty that you spoke

about, is it not on account of the great number of

bribes that are tendered to him to overlook bad work ?

I could not say that they tendered to Inspector Conolly

because I have not seen it.

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ing of District Inspector - the temptation to which he

is exposed ?

A District Inspector does have a few temptations.

He does. In fact, I may tell you that we are aware to a sbjp

k great extent. We want to see if we can get at the

truth of it. Now, do you look after whitewashing ?

Yes, at present, now that Inspector Witchsal is on

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