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employment of English
Contractors the work should
be done by Chinese
Contractors.
3.
With reference to
the observations made by
Mr. Brown in paragraph
16 of the Report, I should
not be disposed to lay down
any hard and fast rule as to how
far the regulations
of the service should affect
those who are employed
in the Praya works. If any
difficulty occurs it may
then be time to raise the
question. It may not be
desirable to apply these regulations too strictly to those thus employed, but I should hesitate to say
that in no instance should
the regulations be applicable.
As regards the
4.
question of tenders, there was
a general order issued in 1880 to the effect that for all works which were to
cost