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470 FACTS, rATLUEES, AIS^D FEAIJDS. Do you know whether such things hare ever been done by the other clerks?—I do not.

You are aware that the Act of Parliament requires the transfers of stock to be endorsed by the secretary; and can, therefore, tell us whether any of the transfers in question have been endorsed by Mr. Mowatt?—They certainly have not been so endorsed, but they are numbered according to the numbers in the register. There are five different kinds of stock belonging to the company, besides the A and B stock.

Has the secretary never endorsed them according to the Act?—I believe not. He has never written his name upon them. All the transfers are entered in the transfer receipt book, and it is some one's duty to verify them. All the transferees of this transferred stock have been receiving dividend from the company ever since the year 1852. I know several of the directors of the Great Northem Company. I know Mr. Graham Hutchinson, for instance, and Mr. Denison, the chairman. I also know Mr. Reynolds, the accountant of the company.

Don't you know that all these gentlemen have held stock in the company in fictitious names?—I do not.

Don't you know that they have all held stock in different names to their own?—I know that some of them have.

Don't you know that some of them have held stock in one, two, and three different names to their own?—I do not.

Have you ever lent your name to a director?—No. I do not know of any of the other directors holding stock in different names to their own. I never borrowed money from Redpath but once. That was in July of last year, I owe him £17. I intend to repay him.

Are you aware whether Mr. Reynolds, the accountant, ever borrowed money from the prisoner?—I am not.

Do you not know that he has borrowed to the extent of £12,000 from Redpath?—I do not. I was never in a position to know it.

Do you find Mr. Reynolds's name in the company's books?—I do.

Do you not know that his name is down in the company's books to the amount of from £50,000 to £100,000?—I do not.

What, then, is the amount?—I don't know.

Do you know whether or not these were Mr. Denison's shares?—No, I do not. In 1852 Redpath kept the ledger as clerk in the registrar's office.

Re-examined by Mr. .—Hammond is a friend of Redpath's. He held no office in the company. I have seen him. He is about twenty-five years of age. I intended to repay Redpath by over-time for the money I borrowed temporarily from him.

John Cawkill, examined by Mr. .— I am a clerk in the employ of the Great Northern Railway Company, and have held that situation for