1807.
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Humphreys :-.
15029
You say you got $1.25 for these casks ?
A.
Yes.
825
No hostcode
15.029
15.030
30 Q.
And they are practically the same as wine hogsheads ?
A.
Yes.
3
Are you aware that the market value of a wine
hogshead is $2.50 ?
15031
A.
A wine hogshead, but not a barrel which contained
Jeyes Fluid.
32 2.
An empty hogshead is worth $2.50. It may be that Jeyes Fluid would make it a little cheaper, but it
depends entirely on what you use them for.
157032
A.
Mr Shelton Hooper:-
33
A.
The price we got this year is better than hitherto.
What did you get hitherto ?
80 cents and a dollar. Now it is $1.25.
34 Q.
35 Qo
And you invited tenders ?
A.
Уев.
Privately ?
A.
Privately.
The Chairman:-
Have you ever sold these things by auction ?
36
A.
Not since I have been there.
Have you ever called for general tenders ?
A.
35 0.
A.
39
15033
15034
15.035
157036
157037
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference:-
C.O. 537
36
No. I have always got authority from the Government to
sell by private tender.
15,733
Have you always sold your old scrap in this manner, or
is it only a recent thing?
I have always sold them like that,
Now, when you have ordered out a considerable amount (5334
of stores, and you sell your empty cacks, have you ang system by which you check the emply casks to see if you sell all the cake which have been used ↑ Supposing you get 50% casks in a year, at the end of the year do you see if 500 empty caske are sold ↑ Have you any check
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