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the material and machinery sent out.
I can only reply that no pains have been spared:
to secure the best of Messrs Hathorn's make. I have
seen them repeatedly
on the subject and as
they
were
not stinted in price, I had every reason to believe
that
they
would, for their own reputation, send out
the best. I will see Messus Hathorn upon this
matter, and their explanations shall be at once
forwarded to you.
*
There are also complaints as to the workmanship
of the inlet-valves,
of the air..
the quality of the peping.
· compressors and of
Some of this censure I feel it incumbent to
repudiate, if it so intended to imply that the =
materials were not properly inspected. The pipes
have been bent in the ships,
may
or in being taken
to the works after landing. How this
may
have
beew