Copy
C.O.
16027
REC?
(REGE 8 SEP (5)
277
Sir Robert Rawlinson to Crown agents.
London
31st
August 1885,
Hong Kong Water Works, Tytam Dam.
Gentlemen,
I cannot
recommendation
of
accept
the
the Surveyor
General (Mr. Price) namely to alter the
mode of supplying Portland Cement for the reservoir embankment as if purchased in the Colony I could
quality
not have
any
control over
the
by test as now carried out under the supervision of Mr. Stanger in whom I have the greatest confidence.
I have seen a
copy of the tenders
and find that the lowest has been
accepted.
The reduction in price named
for