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330. You said you had not been watching with reference to Sunday trading particularly since then ?—No, I have not. . 331. Do I understand you have taken no actual notice of it?—No actual notice more than any one can see in walking the streets. 332. Is that recently ?—Quite lately. . 333. Can you mention any particular day or any particular house or any particular person I— No ; I have not taken that much notice, but I have seen drunkenness in the streets. ' 334 For all you know they might have had a bottle of whiskey in their pocket ? —Yes. 3351 Have you seen Sunday trading at publichouses ?—No; I have not looked for it. Featherstone Hebron examined on oath. 336. The Chairman.] What are you, and where do you reside ?—Labourer; and I live at 35, Cuba Street. . , . . ~ 337. Mr. Taylor.] Do you remember helping to get information as to the number 01 visitors at certain hotels in Wellington? —Yes. 338. What was the date ?— Sunday, the 4th March, 1894. _ 339 You were told by those who approached you that it was for the Prohibitionist newspaper, and not for the police ?—That was the understanding. Had I known it was for the police I should not have gone. 340. What hotel was it ?—The Army and Navy. 341. The Chairman.] Were you alone ?—No ; I had a mate with me, Mr. A. Tonks. 342. Has the Army and Navy changed its name since?— Yes, I believe it is called the " Terminus " now. 343. What time were you taking notes ?—From 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. 344. How many people visited the hotel during that time? —I think about 107. 345! Any women? There were two middle-aged women and one young woman with an apron on, but she would be the servant-girl. ~*,./. 1 r. 346. The servant-girl?—We thought it would be the servant-girl. At nrst we took her to be an outsider, but afterwards we came to the conclusion she must be the servant-girl. 347. Do you remember how you formed that conclusion? —I think she came out again and went in. 348. Were there any boys?— There was one boy ; a boy with a kit. 349. Did many of them carry anything of the kind—kit or bag, or jug, or anything ? —Not many ; there may have been one or two. 350. What do the notes say in that respect ?—I have only one note. I have a boy down with a kit. That is the only case. 351. Are those your own notes ?—Yes, I wrote this myself. 352! Mr. Taylor.] Did you notice any signs of liquor on any of the people as they came out ?—■ I could not swear to it. 353 They all seemed to be passing in and out ? —Passing m and out. 3541 Did the majority of them stay there any length of time?—l do not remember. We have got no note of them coming out, but Ido not remember. I remember one or two coming out and going in again. 355. Not many ? —Not many. There are one or two I can remember. 356. So far as your memory will take you, did they stay there long on the average ? —I did not take any particular notice. _ . 357. Have you taken any systematic notice as to the Sunday trading since then !— JNo. 358! Did you see any police on that day ?—There was a policeman came on at dinner-time for about three-quarters of an hour. 359. On beat?— Yes, at the corner. 360. Was there any one on watch at the hotel ? —On one or two occasions the landlord came outside and walked up and down the footpath for a while. 361. There was no regular watch kept?—No regular watch kept. 362. How long was the constable there ?—About three-quarters of an hour. There were no entries during that time. . 363. Colonel Pitt.] Did you see any member of the Police Force going into the hotel during the time you were watching? —No. ~ - . , 364. Mr. Taylor.] Have you had any experience of Sunday trading of any kind since then I — One or two things have brought themselves before me. 365. What was the nature of them? —Well, in one case, about four weeks ago, I met a workmate of mine' a mate who was working on the drainage with me—l met him on Lambton Quay, and he asked me to go and have a drink. 366. Was that on Sunday ?—On Sunday. 367. What time would that be ?—Between 2 and 3, as near as I can remember. We were walking down the Quay at the time, and we were about opposite the Eanfurly Hotel when he asked me to go and have a drink. Of course, he was a friend of mine, and I did not want to hurt his feelings. I simply refused. Because he asked me to have a drink I did not report against him. 368. The Chairman.] Did you go in ? —I refused. 369. Mr. Taylor.] Had he had liquor at that time ?—I think he had had a little. 370. Did he go into the Eanfurly Hotel ?—He walked into the main entrance. He came back to me and said he had had a drink. 371. Where did you go to then?—We walked down the street till we got near the Boyal Hotel. He asked me to have a drink again. He went in and said that he had had another drink. 372. He went into a second hotel and came out again ? —Yes.