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deal with the material at our hand ↑
I suppose a good deal of the lime we do get comes fron
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China.
Dont you think it is obtained from shell and coral ?
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I know it is obtained from shell and coral, but I dont
know whether it is actually obtained locally.
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Dont you know it is brought across from the mainland, (3983
where it is prepared. Have you not seen those furnaces,
where it is made ? (naming Lime Kilns in the New
Territory)
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No, I have not seen the actual lime kilns.
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It is nearly all ooral, and I have been them scores of
times, and it is brought in juhks and landed here.
That is the stuff which you see carried by these old
ladies in their baskets, and that is what we use for
limewash.
Lime used for limewashing would be eminently unsuitable
for a concrets. For limewashing, you want it as pure
and caustic as possible, and for concrete you want a
hydraulic lime.
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Does that not rather prove that our shell lime is better
than say stone lime, from your knowledge of chemistry
and your local experience. Do you know a lime called
Sai Kong lime ?
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No.
Ir Tung wa Chun:-
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The Chairman;-
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West Rivar lime ?
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I know something of the chemistry of it, but I dont
know the technicalities of the lime used here. I dont
know Sai Kong lime.
Am I right in understanding that you think that the 13987
ligawashing, aa now oarried out, is of very little use,
except merely that it is an exause for cleansing' a
house twice a year ↑
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