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DAVID WOOD, P.W.D., sworn:
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By the Chairman.--You are the Accountant in the Public Works Depart-
ment ?
A-Yes.
Q-How long have you occupied that position?
A-About ten and a half years.
Q-You have been in the same position practically the whole time?
A-Yes.
Q-What is your title?
A-Superintendent of Accounts, Correspondence and Stores.
By Mr. Shewan.-Have you not been acting as Assessor?
A-Yes, I have this year.
By the Chairman.-Then, as far as the clerical staff of the Public Works Department is concerned, I presume it is directly under you?
A-Yes.
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Q-All the clerical staff?
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A-No. A couple of clerks in connection with the water account work under the Executive Engineer.
Q-The Executive Engineer, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, stated he thought it would be a good thing to have a better class of man to look after these accounts, and it occurred to me that it would be a better plan to have all these men under the Superintendent of Accounts, but he pointed out the difficulty that the information that these clerks required was directly obtained through him. What are your views on this point?
A-The clerks in connection with the water account require the supervision of a practical man because he is required to check all the labour bills in the morning and see that they are properly entered in the workshop time-book. All the work is trans- ferred hence through a certain medium into the bills which are made out by me. As far as saying a man should only occupy an hour on the job, the Executive Engineer is the only man able to say that. His clerks must receive all information from him in order that the accounts should be properly made out.
Q-But as regards the accounts?
A—As a matter of fact, I make out the water account annual balance and issue the weekly payments.
5 Q-If they were under your superintendence, would it be necessary to modify the
staff?
A-I don't think so.
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Q-The staff could stand as at present?
A-They are fully occupied as far as I see.
Q-And, with regard to the clerical staff generally,'do you think it is sufficient?
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A-It is sufficient if the work does not go on as it is going on.
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Q-Is the work increasing?
A-Yes, it is increasing considerably. It has not increased so much within the last eighteen months, but within the last ten years.
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