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Q.—I suppose if you were away you would expect to find they had done so ?
A. In some cases. There are Contractors that are somewhat better than others for doing their work.
Q-Do you help these men in making out their bills at all?
A.-No.
Q.-Not at all ?
A.-I correct the measurements.
Q.-Do they offer you any thing?
A.No. It is my duty to correct the measurements.
I must measure all the
work when it is completed, and if their measurements are not correct, of course I correct
them.
Q.-Are you looking after that piece of road close by the Cathedral?
A.-No; I do no work in town. All my work is out of Victoria.
Q.-Do you help them to set the work out at all?
A. Yes, it is necessary to lay out the work to some extent for them, to give
them directions.
Q.-Do they ever give you anything for that?
A.-No; it is part of my duty to instruct them how to do their work.
Q.-I believe they send presents at Christmas time?
A. Yes.
Q.-What presents?
A.-Small presents from the markets such as fowls.
Q. Do they ever send boxes of cigars or cases of champagne?
A-No, never.
Q.-Hon. F. B. JOHNSON.-How many men are connected as a rule with the mak- ing and repairing of roads, actually engaged in contracts, I mean, not tenders? How many men have you got to deal with?
A.-There are some eight or nine who have done work under my charge.
Q-They tender from time to time?
A. Yes.
Q.-You have nothing to do with the settlement of the contracts with them?
A. No.
Q.-You said some are better than others?
A. Yes, some are better than others.
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