ordered at once.
d to the cement there
regard
With re were difficultion
ahead and
I thought
that we should not proceed to order the
cement until we
machinery for further particulars from home.
ao
on
had
Mr Orange spoke also and he threw
I understood as much cold water
far as I understood
the
cement buoniese as possible. Ite
cautioned no to work carefully
slowly; that ma
easy.
was
King
aud
cement was no
matter and that unless the stuff
of the very best, people would not
look at it.
The idea
I gave to the
people
interested
as that we.
should
1 so on experimenting
at home, and up to the present we
ordered uo
machinery for cement.
coon
the Govern get The.
eneut
business.
was
401
ar
-mannfacture of cement
as I had been using
idea of my
Hon
great quantities of bricks and cement. I thought both might be manufcroturid
in the Color
we
Colony,
but as re;
regards
the cenech,
have been evorking very cautiously,
clay,
sending
limestone and
& from
chalk, lip to the present the result, home have not been satisfactory and
lve
have not ordered any machinery., Independent of Government there
is here
αν
market for
very large ma When I thought of it, it was
" for
the Chinese in case
Chevents.
was more
case railways
should be constructed there and also
in view of the opening up of Tonquim . I remember a proposition of all Orange
have
hopes of being
being able
lo
to manufacture cement
for
for any
work
We had no idea or
connected with the Fytem water
soheme. I do not think Mr Orange
held
us out hopes
- hope that we would
import
a certain quantity of clicker in order to have it here, grind it, and sell it for
cement, but that has not
been approved of by the directors and we have done nothing respecting this
suggestion