15
AND GULLICK DOBSON (8 SETS). BOTH CONTRACT WERE FIXED PRICE BASIS. GULLICK DOBSON (GD) CONTRACT WAS WORTH TOTAL
£5.3m. GD SUPPLIED THE 300 TON YIELD HYDRAULIC ROOF
SUPPORTS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS SUPPLIED COAL CUTTING EQUIPMENT (ANDERSON MAVOR) AND ELECTRICAL AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT (BALDWIN & FRANCIS, BICC, BRUSH TRANSFORMERS, JOHN DAVIES DERBY). DOWTY CONTRACT WAS WORTH TOTAL £14.5M. SUB-
CONTRACTORS WERE ALMOST CERTAINLY SAME AS THOSE IN GD
CONTRACT.
4 WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE MAIN COMPANIES TO PURSUE THE
POSSIBILITIES OF FURTHER EXPORTS TO CHINA ON BASIS OF
PREVIOUS ORDERS. A SINO-BRITISH TRADE COUNCIL TRADE
DELEGATION WHICH IS VISITNG PEKING IN SEPTEMBER WILL
INCLUDE MINING MACHINERY INTERESTS. IN ADDITION A
DELEGATION FROM CHINA HAS BEEN INVITED TO COME TO UK IN
OCTOBER AT TIME OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MINING
EQUIPMENT.