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Q.-But they don't always get work for tendering lower?
A. No, but if he is a good man he gets more work, of course.
Q. Are the Overseers consulted at all as to whether the men are good men or not?
A. Sometimes I have been asked what I thought of such a man and I have given
my opinion.
Q.-Out of a list of 16 or 17 Contractors you could mention one or two you would recommend?..
A. Yes.
.Q.-One man understands one kind of work and one another?
A. Yes.
Q: Who is your best for roads?
A. At present SAU A-KING, and MIN SANG is a good man, but he has not done any work under me this many a day. He is a very good man.
SUN LEE is a very good worker, and ATAN is a good man too, but he is generally on house building.
Q.-Hon. A. LISTER. He does not do roads?
A.-Very seldom. Sometimes he does a little.
Q.-Some one told me the other day it is reported the Overseers have shares in the business of the Contractors. Have you ever heard of that?
A.-No; never.
Q.-You yourself never had a share?
A.-No.
Mr. DAVIS is examined,-
Q. Hon. A. LISTER.-What is your position in the Public Works Department?
A.-I have only been here about twelve months this time.
Q.-You have been here before?
A.-I was sent out to do the Praya-wall.
Q. How long did you stay at that work?
A-Two years, the term of my engagement.
Q.-And you have been sent out again?
A.—Yes, I came out for two years on the Tai-tam Works, but I am not on that work now,
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