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Extract from Letter No. 1o of 19/10/06 from the Chief Resident
Fngineer of Kowloon Canton Railway to Consulting
Engineers.
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I have let a contract to "essrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. for broad gauge Jarrah wood sleepers, 10,000 at six shillings and nine pence sach c. f. and i. Hong Kong. No other firm sent in a tender. Messrs Ru terfield & Swire were anxious to do so, but they could not get a quotation in time owing to delays in wiring. Delivery to be in
January.
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