with
an retimate of their cost, reclusive of parking, freight and other charges.
are
3. Under the Eufforition that the estimate furnished by the Head Master was for the guidance of the Governor of the Colony, to whom all Requisitions submitted for affroval, a copy of the requisition in question was forwarded to Mr Thom, the publisher of Rish National School Books and a Bookseller,
invitation to Ender
with an
for the suffly.
4. The object of
omitting the figures
to
was
secure for the Government of
fr Hong Kong the supply at the
reduced
reduced rate at which other Colonial Govemments
with such Books
nothing
more over
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are.
furnished
;
there.
the Requisition
was
to show that the
prices had been taken from
Mr Thom's list: the Encod comparative statement shows the result
the course pursued .
of
5. It is to be observed
from this statement that Mr Thom's charges
of
are
less than
the estimated cost for most the materials, get the complanit has reference only to the state and state pencils.
6. The requisition
specifies " I grous plates £ 2:14:0.
M. Thom was asked to tender
for