of the cable and that the extension of the cable after having been subjected to that strain, should be measured, and such extension compared with the extension under a similar strain of the portion cut off from the cable and tested in England before being sent out, and should such extension correspond fairly and proportionately with the extension for similar strain given in the schedule of strains and extensions supplied with the cable.
The cable should be passed for traffic but not otherwise. That the cable if sound and good should not be tested as heretofore but that it should be inspected monthly, the extensions to be measured and recorded as before described, and that so long as the extensions due to fair wear and tear continue fairly and increase regularly from month to month no test should be made, but should the extension of the cable at any time be found to have increased, or to be increasing beyond the normal extension due to fair wear and tear, the cable should be tested, and the cause of such excess of extension discovered and the defect or defects made good, before the cable is again allowed to be used for traffic.
Sgd. E. Bowdler.
28th April, 1894.
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