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BRITISH CONSULATE, HIOGO.
August 3rd, 1900.
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Sir:-
With reference to my letter of the 25th ultimo
I have the honour to forward herewith another 1000
Japanese hand carts ordered by the Government of
Hongkong for the use of the British forces in North
China.
As in the previous case these carts are to be
delivered to you set up, oiled, and ready for use:
and the contractor takes over a staff of some 35
workmen for that purpose.
Those carts were ordered
from a sample deposited with me, and I have carefully
inspected them from time to time as they arrived
in lots from Osuka. 926 are made according to
the remaining 74 are of the type of the
sample;
first thousand somewhat modified and improved.
Only
some 300 have the spokes of the wheels rounded,
the
rest
Officer Commanding
Her Majesty's Forces
at Tongku.