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No. 7.
TRANSVAAL.
ADMINISTRATOR LORD KITCHENER to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received August 12, 1901.)
(No. 157.)
SIR,
you
Pretoria, July 19, 1901. In reply to your circular despatch of the 1st of June, respecting the transaction of commercial business entrusted to the Crown Agents, I have the honour to inform that I have not yet had sufficient experience to enable me to form an opinion on the subject, but that I will recur to the matter at a later date if necessary.
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Enclosure in No. 6.
SURVEYOR-GENERAL to ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY.
In reply to your enquiry as to whether this Department could show that any loss had ever been sustained through negligence on the part of the Crown Agents in attend- ing to requisitions for supplies for the Department, I have the honour to state that I
now of no such case.
Our requisitions have always been attended to with care, and the materials satis- Factory, but I feel that, as this subject has been opened, I should point out that in ome cases serious inconvenience is caused by the length of time which elapses between the date of the requisition and the supply of the articles required.
I attach hereto a selected list showing cases in which, I think, a needless length of time elapsed between the date of the requisition and the supply of the goods.
It is, however, only fair to state that in many cases our requisitions are attended to with promptitude.
W. MILLER, C.E.
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(No. 322.)
I have, &c.,
KITCHENER,
General,
Administrator.
No. 8.
DOMINICA.
ADMINISTRATOR BELL to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received August 16, 1901.)
SIR,
Government House, Dominica, July 19, 1901. WITH reference to the Secretary of State's circular despatch of 1st instant, I have the honour to state that this Government has no ground for complaint against the Crown Agents. It is sometimes thought, however, that orders might be filled a little more promptly, but, on the other hand, indents that are specially recommended appear to be always dealt with speedily.
I have, &c.,
Requisitions on Crown Agents from Department of Civil Engineer and Surveyor-General, Bahamas.
Articles requisitioned,
Date of requisition.
Date of receipt.
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H. HESKETH BELL,
Administrator.
No. 9.
BARBADOS.
GOVERNOR SIR F. M. HODGSON to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
Gates and trop railing for new barracks
September 19, 1899
Lamp, Little-farbour .
October 25, 1898
Corrugated iron
May 25, 18999
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Flags
June 6, 1940
March, 1900
March, 1899
September, 1899
October. 1900
(No. 141.)
SAR,
Pulley block
Lamp, Duck Cay
Paints
Tidal flap
Lamp, Long Island
Lamp chimneys
June 4, 1200
June 8, 1900
June 7, 1900
August 1, 19kach
October 24, 1900
November 20, 1900
Lamp, S.E. Point, Eleuthera"...
December 7. 1300
May, 1901
September, 1900 Nayimber, 1900 September, 1900
December, 1900 January, 1901 April, 1901
(Received August 16, 1901.)
Government House, July 29, 1901.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular despatch of the 1st of June last requesting me to inform, you whether I am entirely satisfied with the relations between the Crown Agents and this Colony, and, if not, to furnish particulars of cases occurring within the last three years in which, after due investigation, there is reason to believe that the commercial interests of this Colony have not been ade- quately protected by the Crown Agents.
2. I am entirely satisfied with the existing relations, and I am assured by the Acting Colonial Secretary and the Auditor-General, who have an intimate knowledge extending over many years of the transactions between the Crown Agents and this Colony, that the Colony has been and is well served by the Crown Agents.
3. No case has occurred within the last three years in which there is reason to believe that the commercial interests of this Colony have not been adequately pro- tected by the Crown Agents.
I have, &c.,
F. M. HODGSON.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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