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know they do ocour generally throughout the Colony. You

Mr Frith, by your hesitating like this, it does not do you any good. It is a plain question, and Yes or No is the answer, and it only tells against you, because it only discounts the evidence you may give afterwards, and where you have made a very fair statement to stari with you made a very fair statement that you applied to go to mother District - reflects very great crediton you? It is not your faultif a man tried to bribe you. You are only responsible for that if you accepted the bribe. We only suggest that by the acceptance of a bribe, the work might be facilitated. The question is whether a Chinaman has ever tried to bribe you - where it has been suggested it will be worth your whil● ?

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I dont say, did a man give you $50, or anything like that, they have made offers to you, and then I understand

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you to say that were any such offer made, you would send them up to the office ?

Yes, I have sent them away, I have had nhthing to do with them - told them it was not my work, and that that

must be done in the office if they wanted to know

anything about linewashing.

But such offers have been made to you?

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Can you tell us the name of any contractor who made you

such offers ?

I could not tell you the name,

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Who are the contra tors generally working there ? There are such a lot of names.

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Mention some of them.

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Sam Iu has a lot of houses, and I think Foo Sik.

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Would these two men do the work, do you think ↑

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