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A. I knew nothing of it; when I reported my work was done. 



Q. Did Garmon tell you he had settled some trespass that you dis- 

 covered and reported ? 



A. I do not recollect that he did; I do not recollect of any; per- 

 haps he did, but I have no recollection of it. 



Q. Anything of William Keays' job; what was there about that? 



A. I reported that by the estimation; I went and looked it up in the 

 winter, and it was in such shape that I could not measure the logs 

 just then, so I simply made an estimation of 1,800 market logs, and 

 they were practically all on State land; there might have been a very 

 few cut on private land, but practically all on State land. 



Q. Do you know whether that was ever settled; did Garmon ever 

 tell you that was settled ? 



A. I could not say; I do not think Mr. Garmon told me the trespass 

 was settled, but there had been some partial settlements. 



Q. William Lavery case; what was there about that? 



A. I do not think I had better say anything about that; Mr. Lavery 

 wanted to avoid coming down, if possible, and sent his statement 

 down under affidavit with me. 



Q. That is his case ? 



A. That is his case. 



Q. That I will place before the commission; there were 1,003 market 

 "logs in the winter of 1886 reported, which logs Mr. Thomson got? 



A. They had been cut in the winter of 1885 and 1886 by men up 

 there; Mr. Thomson had them; I do not know but they were cut by 

 some parties up there; Lindsay and Thomson had the logs; whether 

 it was job or purchase, I do not know. 



Q. Was it claimed these logs were cut on State lands and a claim 

 made against Mr. Thomson ? 



A. I made that claim. 



Q. Was that ever settled ? 



A. I do not know that it was; Mr. Thomson, as I understood, dis- 

 puted the correctness of my report; that it was not on State land; 

 and then I came to the secretary and surveyor-general's office and got 

 the original field notes and map, and made an official survey, and 

 established that trespass was on State land, and so reported; then I 

 went on and measured the stumps and tops and counted the pieces in 

 each tree, and got that number, 1,003; up to that time I could not say 

 officially it was on State land. 



Q. After making a survey you found it was on State land ? 



A. I found it was and so reported. 



Q. Was that settled ? 



