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There are a great many occasions. You say in the course of a month 100 or 200 houses might be examined for overcrowding. The list of those houses for which a warrant should be issued, is sent up to the offies, and so the coolie cant see what is inside, but the box is

opened by a Chinese alark, who immediately known, if he likes to be dishonest, that it is worth $8, or a dollar to go down to those people on the list, and say "you are on the black list, and you had better look after

yourself".

That is so. It is a question of staff, and one man cunt possibly do everything. If you cant have Asiatics, then you must have Ruropean olerks, and if you cant trust a Baropean,

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Then it comes to this, dont you think the Secretary or

the M. 0. H. might do it ?

My time is fully occupied just now.

The serting of the papers, how long would it take 15669

two or three minutes, perhapa, a few minutes for

orch box. Piva minutes for sach box, yes.

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It would not take you many minutes to open a box, and

sort the papers for yourself, or the Secretary, or the Assistant Secretary.

It is more work for the Assistm.t Secretary than for

amyɛody else, because you dont want to employ scientific

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