carried on in
England
with the
local materials have not given any
adre
being
final
results, and eltr
Frangis
és idea
o
10 for trials,
in ordersing out clinker was
and in cast
they
succeeded to utilise
hereafter the machinery which the ___ Company
must have obtained for experimenting in working up local
materialo.
18. His misfortune was that
there
was a coincidence in the
time of his report
on
the quality of
Robin's cement and his application for samples of clinker, but
have clearly shown that the one had nothing to do with the other — the
report
was made bona
fide
and a local
idea that even
without the slightest
if Robin's cement were rejected, cement would be substituted, for
local cement was
a question of
the
substitution
in future; it was not known then
whether the local
materials would
make
good cement; and, as a
matter of
fact, it had not
been
known
full well;
moreover
he knew that
that question had not yet
been determined. All this
even under the most favourable
circumstances the
Company
could not
possibly compete with the home cement until long after the Salt Water
works would
be
completed.
We therefore beg to report that all the facts of the
case have
been considered, and
we
are
of opinion that van Orange
acted conscientiously in
reporting
as he did
on
the quality of the cement, and
that there
are no
grounds for the slightest imputation against him. (Signed) Edw. J. Ackroyd,
Acting Attorney General (Signed) A. Lister
Treasurer.
Hongkong.
19th February 1887.