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95. Colonel Pitt.] Was there any one with the policeman? —I could not say. 96. Mr. Taylor.] You cannot say whether there, was one or two ? —No. 97. Were there half a dozen policemen, or only one? —Only one, I think. 98. Colonel Pitt.] In uniform ?—Yes. 99. Mr. Taylor.] How long did he stop in ?—I think he stopped in ahout five minutes. 100. What other hotel besides the Post Office did you see that day ?—The Pier, and Eylands's. 101. Do you remember the number of visitors to Eylands's Hotel ?—Yes, there were forty-one. 102. Did any policeman go in there?—-No. 103. Now, the Pier Hotel: do you remember the number there ?—Yes, eighty-one. 104. The Chairman.] You said forty went into Eylands's. Within what time was that; how long did you watch Rylands's?—From 7.30 to 10.30. 105. Mr. Taylor.] What happened at 10.30?— It shut up at 10.30 and opened again at sin the evening. 106. People commenced to go in at 5 o'clock; is that what you mean?—No, it opened again at 6.30 in the evening. 107. Do you mean to say that people commenced to visit again?— Yes. 108. They could not get in during the previous part of the day? —No. 109. The proprietor was away, apparently ?—Yes. 110. You have made no systematic observations since as to the visitors on a Sunday ?—No. Here is a note here about a policeman, saying that he entered. 111. Did you take observations in 1893 also?— Yes. 112. Did you see the same hotels in 1893? —Yes. 113. The Chairman.] What month? —I do not know the month, but it was on a Sunday. In the Post Office Hotel we had 292. 114. Same hours ?—Yes, from 7in the morning till 7 in the evening. At Eylands's Hotel, 131. That is all, I think. 115. You have no note of the Pier Hotel ?—No. 116. Mr. Taylor.] In connection with the Post Office Hotel, will you be sure it was not the Post Office Hotel in 1893 you saw a policeman go in after dinner. You seemed in some doubt about that ?—lt was in 1893. 117. The Chairman.] It was not in 1894 ? —No ; in 1893. 118. Mr. Taylor.] It is on your notes for 1893 ?—Yes ; it is here. 119. What time was it, about?—3.3o in the afternoon. 120. The Chairman.] With whom were you observing at these hotels in 1893 ?—John Nicol in 1893 ; Arthur Nicol in 1894. 121. Mr. Taylor.] What is the note you have there ?—" A policeman entered, and the man on the watch touched the electric bell." 122. The Chairman.] Can you say that was done?—Zes; I saw it done. 123. Mr. Taylor.] Was that before the policeman entered, or after ?—Just when the policeman came round the corner. 124. The Chairman.] Was there only one?— Yes, only one. 125. Mr. Taylor.] Did the policeman go into the hotel ?—Yes. 126. How did he get in. Did he knock at the door ?—No ; the door was open. 127. It would not be the bar-door; it would be the other door ?—Yes ; and eight men came out after the policeman went in. 128. That hotel does a pretty fair luncheon business ? —-In the week it does. 129. You do not know whether it does the same amount of business on Sundays ?—I do not know. 130. What hours were you watching Eylands's?—The same hours. 131. Did a member of the Wellington Licensing Bench go into Eylands's on that Sunday in 1893 ?—No. 132. You do not see a note there ?—No. 133. Did any of the visitors to either of these two hotels show signs of having taken liquor when they came out ? —Yes. 134. Did that happen in many cases?— No. 135. In some cases ?—-Yes. 136. The Chairman.] What signs did they show?— For instance, at 8.30 two men came out, and they were half-drunk, and they commenced to fight each other. 137. Was that in 1894 or 1893?—1893. 138. Which house did they come from? —Eylands's Hotel. 139. Colonel Pitt.] Had you seen those same men go in that morning ?—I could not say. 140. Mr. Tunbridge.] You saw a constable go into the Post Office Hotel in 1893 ?—Yes. 141. That was about 3.30 in the afternoon. Have you ever seen constables going into other hotels during your watching ?—No. 142. Are you clear on that point?— Well, I mean I did not see them going in on that Sunday. 143. But, I mean any other day you were watching,|did you see constables going into the hotels ?—I have, at the Star and Garter Hotel. 144. But with reference to the hotels you have given evidence on here ?—No. 145. You are clear on that pomt —you never saw a constable enter other houses?— Yes. 146. You would have seen if he had. entered ?—Yes. 147. If Mr. Nicol says he saw a constable go into the Post Office Hotel, in 1894, about 10.30 in the morning, that would be incorrect ?—No, I do not think so. 148. I thought you said you were clear on that point ?—Well, half the time he called out, and I put it down here.