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and proof of the value of cement, I therefore recommended that the local materials should be sent to Mr King for testing, which was done. I also showed considerable time that a very long time must necessarily elapse before cement could be placed on the market, therefore there was no chance of the local cement being used on Tyłam Works. Besides, in casual conversation with Mr. Price, he told me that he had thought of Lime Concrete for the upper part of the Dam but it was considered necessary to have the Dam quite homogenous and that therefore nothing but English Cement, from the Crown Agents must be used.
The experiments carried on by Mr. King being only partially successful, the idea of importing some English made Cement clinker struck me as a means of inaugurating the works and of carrying out, on a practical scale and with the benefit of a working staff and plant, trials with the local materials. I therefore asked Mr King to obtain prices of Clinker in the terms of the letters contained in Mr. Stanger's communication to the Crown agents.
My proposal to the Directors of the Company was that we should build a small Kiln & Works and get out grinding machinery with a large quantity of clinker, and under an experienced manager, we would commence trying