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Q.-Has it occurred to you that any of the men live above their means—any of the Clerks of Works or Overseers?
A.-No; I have not heard anything of that.
Q.-Were you engaged in engineering work in England before you came here?
A. Yes.
Q.-I suppose a good deal of that sort of thing goes on in England-bribery on the part of Clerks of Works and so on?
A. Yes; we have had to discharge men there for it.
Q.-But you have not come across anything of the sort here?
A.-No.
Q-Have you ever come across any neglects or scamping or works that would have led you to suppose that sort of thing is going on?
A.-I am not in charge of work.
Q.-What are you chiefly engaged in then?
A.-Surveying and preparing plans. I have nothing to do with works.
Q-But of course you could take charge of works?
A. Yes. I had charge of the finishing of the Break-water; that is the only thing.
Q.-What is your opinion of the style of Government work in this Colony, and the way it is carried out?
A.-I think it is done well.
Q.-Have you formed any idea as to the prices?
A. I have not heard the prices.
Q.-Hon. F. B. JOHNSON.-Your duties then are rather office duties than out-door
duties?
A.-Preparing plans and surveying.
Q-Have you anything to do with the measuring of work done by Chinese not under contract?
A. Yes, in this way, that I prepare the plans and make an estimate.
Q.-You only make the estimate for the work before it is taken in hand, and after it has been completed, you have nothing to do with the measurements?
A.-I have had nothing so far, if Mr. PRICE orders me, I would have.
Q.-Does the result of the work when it is measured ever come before parison with the estimate of what it ought to be?
A.-No.
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