Crown Agents
Jan. 5.
1. Dr.
In Memorandum
Dr. Price's Letter - Which pregnant
as & Priestman's passage
you agreed
802.1877
In September last year
the Colonial Govt. wrote back to us
2.
what kind of Dredger would be
the work to be done, we could not
I also useful but, he
gave us particulars
and
Rand used
for
I detailed the different
various purposes, their capabilities
and Cost.
From the information he furnished
Mr Price has made his recommendation
and
"C" Priestman and there is reason to believe it would answer.
I am weighing the advantage of building an iron hopper barge locally against the objections to the Colonial scheme. "replicable", with the Dirt Compare for a reasonable loader "are obvious. The prices quoted for the barges are
40% above mine
not far from
$351
than what it should be sufficient for
under competition here, with a liberal allowance for freight
And with
the objection of putting the sections together in the colony, it would probably prove economical to obtain them in this Country.
WHO.
"/2.
In Germany
40%
near 40
Dozon
is $.
below $700
the hopper
$12,500.
he prefers
a tender for the format in the long
it will be better
to order only the Dredger here?
Jan 11/7 I refer the figures again on Mr Priestman's
offer Large is
Gottonate in which one
set down at $7000 and the second ...