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-507. Is it correct that if she had disclosed the contents of the letter by reading it to Mr. Warburton you would have said nothing about it ?—I did not say that. Ido not know what I would have done if she had kept her promise. 508. Now, a will was made by you in favour of Mrs. Livingston, in trust of Miss Combs ?—I believe so. 509. Why do you say you believe so ? Have you not stated that ?—I did not say so. 510. Why, what do you mean? You are not here to fence with the question, but to give answers to inquiries : are you not aware that a will was made for Miss Combs, in trust for Mrs. Livingston ?—The will was made, and I signed it. 511. You say it was ordered by Mrs. Kose. As a matter of fact, was it not" upon your own suggestion, in the first instance, that provision was to bo made by will for Mrs. Livingston after your death ?—No. 512. Had you any discussion on this matter before with Mrs. Eose?—Mrs. Eose did the business. She had no business with the money. 513. Had you any discussion with Mrs. Eose in Miss Barber's presence ?—No; not that I know of. 514. Do you not recollect using some such expression as this : " You would not feel comfortable about the money unless the will was made, so that provision could go to Mrs. Livingston after your death " ? —No. 515. Do you deny using any such expression?—l do. 516. And if anybody speaks contradictorily you will deny it flatly?— Yes. 517. You have no doubt about the accuracy of your recollection? —No. 518. Why do you suggest that Mrs. Eose ordered the will ? Were you not a.consenting party ? —Yes; of course. I signed the will. 519. What are yon complaining of, then—that you signed under misrepresentation, or in consequence of anything suggested to you?— Very likely. 520. W That do you mean ? You should not make suggestions without foundation. Do you suggest that this will was made through some improper misrepresentation made to you, which induced you to sign it ?—I told you before 521. Be good enough to tell us again. Do you say that anything was misrepresented to you by which you were induced to sign this will ?—I cannot understand you. 522. Did you sign the will knowing what you were doing?—l did. 523. Were you induced to sign it by any misstatement by Mrs. Eose ? —I do not know exactly : she told me to sign it. The Chairman : We got that plainly yesterday. She signed it by the advice and on the suggestion of Mrs. Eose. 524. Mr. Gully.] I have asked you before whether you suggested any personal advantage that Mrs. Eose could have expected to derive by getting the matter transferred to her own name?— She had it transferred. Miss Combs could get the money after I died. Mrs. Eose would have got the money 525. Do you suggest that her motive was anything of the sort ? —I do not suggest anything, Sir. 526. Did you suggest it as a motive to Mr. T. K. Warburton?—You had better put the question to Mr. Warburton. 527. I would rather have your answer? —I do not recollect saying it to him. 528. Do you recollect him saying it to you ?—No. 529. You think it was evolved out of your own brain, and was not a suggestion by him?—lt was not a suggestion from him. 530. Have you been aware of the correspondence by the Postmaster-General from time to time?—l have. 531. You have seen the letters and the replies, and approved of the replies?—l have. 532. Did you ever inform Mr. Kirkcaldie how much you were left by Mr. Livingston ?—Yes : altogether, £440. It was left in my name. 533. Do you recollect writing a letter to Mr. Salmon in February?—l do. 534. Eocollect this passage in the letter: "I believe that £400 was placed in the savingsbank in my name, and that another £400 was left to my dear friend Miss Warburton, who is expected to return from a pleasure-trip to Europe about the end of March. This seems likely, from the fact that Mr. Livingston showed Miss W. (who was on a visit) fifteen hundred sovereigns in the post-office safe at Blenheim, and, as there were but 680 found, the £800 would make up the fifteen hundred, within twenty. I tried yesterday to get my letter, but, after putting me off in various ways, she said Mr. Eose had the letter, and she could do nothing until he came home. Finally, she said she would not give it up until Mr. Warburton, jun., and Miss Warburton return from their trip." You recollect writing that ?—I do. Letter put in, as follows :— " Wellington, February.—My Dear Mr. Salmon, —I dare say you think me very ungrateful for not replying to your kindness in forwarding to my address at Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Stains's the packet intrusted to your care by the late Mr. Livingston, my kind protector and friend, but I have been so shaken in body and mind that I have been unable to grasp the situation I am in, and, though you acted so promptly, you will be astonished to hear that, though the letter or packet was delivered to Mr. Kirkcaldie, I did not get it, have it not, and cannot get it. I will explain: You posted the packet to me while Mrs. Eose was in Blenheim overhauling Mr. Livingston's papers, which were, I am told, very improperly handed over to Miss Combs, instead of being sealed up. Mrs. Eose, learning that a letter from Mr. Livingston to me had been posted to my address, telegraphed to stop its delivery. She was assuming an authority in my affairs