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$30 for the Inspector, and adding these together, that

112 is the sum I am going to charge" ?

Sometimes, I do that. Sometimes, when business is dull, people are unwilling to pay, and I am willing to do it, and it is not sufficient for me to do it.

Then, putting it generally to you, that if you had not 9140 had to have your work inspected by the Sanitary Inspectors of this Colony, you could do the work 30% cheaper, thah what you are bound to charge today.

It must be cheaper, if I do it to the satisfaction of

the owner, without anybody coming to inspect it. Building would be very much bheaper in the Colony, 18q1q| you had not to pay those bribes ?

Ir Shelton Hooper:-

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The Chairman:-

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And that applies to all the work that you do, dosent it?

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Yes.

Mr Humphreys!-

I would just like to ask one more question. In that contract, where he said he made about $50, and he gave

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the Inspector $20, what was the total value of the

contract ?

I dont remember exactly now.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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Reference:-

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OUT PERMISSION OF THE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH - NOT TO BE

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RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

Er Lau Chu Pak:-

Mr Shelton Hooper.

Try to remember it.

Was it $500 or $1,000 ↑

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$100 odd, or $200, - about $180.

Mr Humphreys;-

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The total value was $180, on which he paid the Inspector $20, and he made $40

of the work then was $120.

It is one third profit.

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- so that the actual cost

I dont think I made so much profit. I believe I did not make so much profit. It was only $160 or $170. $20 or

$30 to me.

Anyway,

out of $160 job, you had to make $20 for the quili Inspector, and take what you got for yourself ?