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Hon. Colonial Secretary,
The contract has no fixed date.
The remark that Nobel and Company have a
Magazine of their own in Hongkong is misleading. The Magazine on One Tree Island belongs to them and is under the control of
their Agents, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company, Limited.
Nobel and Company have no Branch Office out here only an
Agency. This information I have got from Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company, Limited, who also told me that the prices
quoted by Messrs. Nobel and Company to the Crown Agents direct
were greater than those charged by them here, owing to my contract having been arranged when the prices of raw material
were lower than at present.
They also told me that if Nobel and Company
quoted direct to the Crown Agents, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson
and Company would get their commission all the same and that
the order would probably come out to them to supply from the
magazine on One Tree Island.
Quinine is obtained through Crown Agents.
(sa.) G. W. Eves.
29th. April, 1908.