Q.  Do  you  know  of  any  other  accounts  in  your  ledger  that  are
charged  up  in  pencil?  A.  I  do  not,  sir;  I  don't  know  whether
there  is  any  there  or  not,  nor  I  didn't  know  that  was  charged  up
in  pencil.
Q.  I  will  refer  you  to  the  other  ledger :  I  find  an  account  in
the  other  ledger  as  "  State  House,"  page  402,  that  appears  to  be
from  January  17, 1890,  to  probably  December,  1891,  and  is  carried
forward  again  to  page  747  to  January,  1892.  I  observe  that  in  this
ledger  many  of  the  items  of  merchandise  charged  to  the  State
House  have  no  figures  carried  out  against  them  at  all,  but  only


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have  an  item  "  merchandise."     Do  you   know  how  that  is  ex-
plained?    A.  No,  sir;  I  do  not.
Q.  I  observe  also  that  some  of  the  items  here  have  pencil
debits  and  no  ink  debits.  Do  you  know  why  that  was  so?  A.
I  do  not,  sir.
§.  That  appears  to  be  the  case,  does  it  not,  with  all  items  ex-
cepting a  few  small  ones?     A.  So  it  appears  there.
Q.  Either  blank  or  else  in  pencil?     A.  Yes,  sir.
Q.  And  this  is  carried  forward  again  to  the  last  page  in  the
book.  This  also  appears,  does  it  not,  to  be  chiefly  in  pencil?
A.  Some  in  ink  and  some  in  pencil.
§.  A  few  small  items  in  iuk  and  the  rest  in  pencil,  are  they
not  ?     A.  Yes,  sir.
Q.  And  the  balance  of  this  account  is  carried,  is  it  not,  to  folio
17  of  the  other  ledger?     A.  I  suppose  so.
Q.  la  that  other  ledger  that  folio  17  is  the  one  of  those  miss-
ing?    A.  Yes,  sir.
