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The sum total was 100..

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How much did the bill amount to ?

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I dont know. I did not ask.

Has it been sent in?

The Chairman:-

A.

Hugh Fide

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I asked him to put it before the Secretary.

But surely the bill has come in ?

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It was 100 coolies spraud over four days. Is that

what you are referring to ?

The bill was 100 coolies, four days, total $30.

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4.

Is that your writing ?

A.

That is my writing.

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That is the amount you are referring to ?

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A.

Yes.

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There was no other amount ?

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A.

No other amount. That is the total, Sir.

Mr Shelton Hooper;-

In your memorandum to the M. 0. H. you say he i8 24310

superai ? >

A.

Yes, Sir.

Q.

What do you mean by that ↑

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

CO. 537

I mean to say that he is under a mistaken idea that

his position is very much more than it really is.

And "apparently that you should act as a wet muras 24.3/2

to him" ?

Almost everything that came from the Sanitary Office,

he wished for me to carry through. For instance, the

ordering of the coolies. He wanted me to order the

coolies, and he distinotly refused to do it himself,

sir.

Why do you think he refused to do it? Was he too 243/3

lazy, do you mean? You say he was supersi, and wanted

you to act as wet nurse. Was he a lazy man ?

A.

No, Sir.

Why then?

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