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A. I can not give you the date. 



Q. With reference to the time when Lynch was discharged, was it 

 before or after his discharge? \ 



A. I should think it was before. 



Q. How long before? 



A. It is a matter of conjecture; I can merely remember the scene 

 and interview. 



Q. What case was up, if you can state briefly? 



A. No. 



Q. Can you recollect any more than one occasion when you were 

 there ? 



A. No; I can not. 



Q. Was that a case of redemption or a case of cancellation? 



A. I should say of cancellation. 



Q. The Everton Lumber Company, they proposed an exchange, an 

 informal talk and negotiation was had between a representative of the 

 company and the commission, was there not ? 



A Yes, sir. 



Q. And in July, 1890, early in July, at a meeting in New York, so 

 the minutes say, at which you and Mr. Basselin were present, Mr. Cox 

 was not there, you directed the warden to go and examine these 

 lands; do you recollect that ? 



A. I think, to be correct, that it was a direction to report as to the 

 advisability of the exchange, at the next meeting; I don't think it 

 said " go " or " come." 



Q. Was he directed or expected to go and visit these lands ? 



A. Speaking for myself, I can only say, that I expected him to 

 satisfy himself generally. 



Q. That don't answer the question quite; the question is, was it 

 expected that he would go and examine these lands between the two 

 meetings ? 



A. I don't think I expected it. 



Q. Then why was he requested to report at an adjourned meeting 

 some two or three weeks hence; why not take his report at that time? 



A. I don't know whether he had the material for a report at that 

 time, or the information. 



Q. On the 31st of July, 1890, he did report, recommending the 

 exchange ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. On that occasion did he represent, or state in substance, that he 

 had visited the lands or examined them ? 



A. I have no recollection on that subject whether he did or not. 



