35 for instance. On twenty seventh of April I found gas in in number five stall in number one North. I reported it I have not found gas in the diagonal slope for some time and prior to three weeks before the explosion I found gas [?] once in a while. On March twenty seventh I found and reported gas in the face of the diagonal slope. That slope has been driven twenty yards since that time. On the twenty fifth March I found and reported a little gas in number four stall ([?DavisonJ] South – diagonal slope air comes on the third of May I examined the whole mine. I went down at twenty minutes to six and came up at two in the afternoon. and during that time travelled through the whole of the mine. Have never heard of any complaints of gas from any of the miners in the diagonal slope. I examined some of the parts not working but could not examine all the parts in one day. Mr [?] the firemen of the previous shift all was reported clear. Never received any complaints from [Mr?] [?Martel] but found a little gas in his stall. I did not find any just before the explosion. His stall is about twenty to thirty feet in I examined his stall daily. On April found gas in his stall and entered it in the firemans book also in other [?] of number one north level. Have made not very few entries of gas of late. The gas was never bad enough to [?] out the men. I understood that Muir. The deceased fire - man had to send Damson and his partner home one day. But before I came down the place was cleared out. I have met with {?not] very little bad gas. It is perfectly impossible to make a through examination of the whole mine in one day. It would be possible for one to examine the workings during my shift and as a matter of fact I did do so. I made special examination of any place reported tome. Never found any accumulation of gas in the diagonal slope. In the airways or in the stalls. I noticed while I was travelling that the mine was dry. I obeyed the law and