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Materials required from England for the Surveyor General's Department to be sent out by Agents for the Colonies.
The brown
Approximate price
200 Barrels Portland Cement.
£200.
(Changeable to Report & Estimate No. 1 of 1867)
(Signed) M.
Milson Surveyor General.
Approved
(Signed)
R. G. MacDonnell Governor.
Hong Kong,
23rd January 1869.
Note - This cement is ordered in anticipation of its being required for the Masonry Work at the Pokfulam Reservoir after next rains. A saving of at least 25% is effected by procuring the Cement direct from England instead of purchasing it here.
(True Copy)
Y. Garland Colonial Secretary
GL