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Q. How long did he stay in the employ of the commission ? 



A. Something about like a year, I guess. 



Q. Who after Mr. Burke was appointed ? 



A. Mr. Burke is still an incumbent. ■ / 



Q. Thomas Powers, is there such a man as that over there ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Has he not been in the employ of the commission ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What has he been employed to do ? 



A. . He is a forester. 



Q. How long has he been forester ? 



A. I think about eighteen months. 



Q. Has not Thomas Powers been reported to the commission as a 

 trespasser on the State lands, or any complaints set against him on 

 the trespass book ? 



A.- I couldn't tell you; if there has been any complaint of him it is 

 on the trespass book. 



Q. Were any complaints entered against him before he was 

 appointed forester standing over on the book at the time ? 



A. I don't remember. 



Q. If such complaints stood against him at the time of his appoint- 

 ment, do you consider he was a fit person to be appointed forester to 

 look after the interests of the State ? 



A That depends altogether on the nature of the compfaint. 



Q. Isn't it true there is a complaint against him, that he cut 6,402 

 market logs and 1,400 cords of bark on State land ? 



A. That is more than I can tell you. 



Q. Has he ever paid or settled ? 



A. That is more than I can tell. 



Q. Has he ever been called to account for such an alleged trespass ? 



A- If such a trespass was made, he was called to account. 



Q. Do you know whether he was called to account ? 



A. I don't bear it in mind now. 



Q. Do you think a man who had committed such trespass to that 

 amount, even if he had paid them, was a fit person to be appointed 

 to such a place V 



A. I have to answer again that it depends altogether on how a tres- 

 pass was committed. 



Chairman Ryan. — As to whether he was a fit man to be appointed 

 or not ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Chairman Rtajj.— -Will you explain that, Mr. Basselin? 



