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Q-Those you saw the other day in the Government Gazette-- are they still heavier ?
A-I understand it is heavier than 1901.
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Q-You saw it?
A-I don't remember the figures now.
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Q-Did it strike you as heavier ?
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A-I certainly was wondering who was going to undertake all the work, but I understand an increase of staff was considered.
Q-At present do you think that if you hal any assistance in your Department it would be of any use to you?
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A-Certainly.
Q-Of course it would lighten your work. Can you manage
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A-Not efficiently.
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Q-The work is suffering from a want of assistance at present? A--Certainly.
Q-Therefore you really feel overworked?
A-I have to do work that I ought not to do-overseer work—which is a waste of
Q-If you are not overtaking all your work, you must be overworked?
A-Certainly.
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Q-Do you always work from nine till five?
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A-Not always. In the New Territory from six o'clock.
Q-You state you have got too much to do. You say you pass the accounts once in four times, so that in three out of the four cases there is a chance for the other man to squeeze ?
A-It would be corrected at the fourth month. These are payments on account. Q-But you don't check the measurements of every piece of work?
A---- Yes, but in the fourth month we check the total up-to-date,
Q-I am talking about checking the measurements, not calculations. I under- stand that you check the measurements once in four, or that in the third case there is no checking?
A-That is only one month; there may be some other payments. Q-I think there is a chance to pass measurements absolutely false?
A—It would not help them. They might get a small sum on account.
Q--It would help them if for 100 square yards they charged for 200 square yards? A-It would go up with the contractor's account on the fourth month.
Q-I think we are misunderstanding each other. I understand you to say that once in four months you measure the works ?
A-Yes.
don't measure?
Q--Well, there must be three jobs you
A-The payments are made monthly on account.
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