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Q.-Hon. F. B. JOHNSON.--Have you heard of any other cases?
A.-No; that was merely a case in which the Contractor was lamenting his mis- fortune in the man's running away without paying him. I don't know whether the man intended to pay him.
Q-Hon. A. LISTER.--Have you ever heard of any of these men having shares in the Contractor's business?
A.-Well, I heard it some time ago, but of course it is a thing we cannot prove. They sometimes say some of the Overseers have some connection with the Contractors, but that is merely rumour, that the Chinese say so and so has some share in their business.
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The witness subsequently sends in the name of the Overseer referred to in his con-
versation with WONG TSO-LEONG.
Mr. Rose is recalled,-
Q.-Hon. A. LISTER.-What are your duties when a house, is pulled down?
A. If they have water laid on I cut off the supply from the mains.
Q-Is that the only duty you have when house is pulled down?
A. That is all.
Q. Do you make any report?
A.-No; I only make note of it myself.
Q. You make no report?
A.-No.
Q.-Suppose you did not cut it off, would you require any special permission for allowing it to remain ?
A. Yes, of course. My order is, when I see a house pulled down, to cut off the supply, and when the house is finished they apply for permission to put it on again.
Q.-Now with regard to those two banks, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and the Chartered Mercantile Bank. There were two houses standing side by side, and they were both pulled down. How many stand pipes were there in the two houses?
A. One supplying the two.
Q.-There must have been separate supplies for the two houses?
A.-No; there are plenty of cases in which half a dozen houses get their supply from one pipe.
Q.-Well, why was not that water cut off?
A.-It was cut off.
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