pencils supplied to his Department
Crown Agents
by the Crown
Mr Thome of
Dubline.
through
I annex copy of a
letter
a
from ellesse De la Rue MC,
and have
arranged
4
with that
Firme for a fresh supply of
despatch bags
the Pens and despatch
to receive
agreed
cost of the damaged
and
have
€9:7:
2
the
envelopes, there being
what
information to show for
have been rendered useless
Department those which
were intended.
3587 official.
cuvelopes
and 2620 note are stated to have
been destroyed, whilst 9962 of the former and 4745 of the latter were supplied
with the name
as requested of the Department
printed
18 Oct 1866.
printed in the corner viz. Governor H. Kong,
Colonial
88
Secretary's Office" & "Clerk of Councils If you will inform
which
of
tvcl
Lo
the above Departments
the damaged Envelopes belonged, supply can be farcished
a
Fresh
and paid for with the amount refunded.
Should Mess." De la Rue be correct in supposing that the Quill pens and Waterproof despatch Bags are not so anch
as to be altogether
injured
uscles, the Government of Hong Kong will doubtless allow that Firme the value of the damaged Goods.
As regards
the
quality I have to state that the samples showe to me appeared very good and certainly far superior to the articles of
the same teid issued
from Her Majesty's Stationery office.
The
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