C. S. O. No.
| Requisition No.
Crown Agents Bill of Lading
No.
910,99
53,199
By Post.
3038 99
31,196
89,1900
27,874
18,555
I have, &c.,
H. A. BLAKE,
717/1900
31,569
18,997
Governor, &c.
632 00
25
19
Year Plugs:
1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903 for General Post. Omee.
Diving Dresses for
Praya Reclamation Works.
Material for Pedder Street Pier (Blake Pier).
Carbon Cylinders for Public Works De- partment.
Delay in sending ac- count for each ship- ment of subsidiary coin.
Through not having sent these goods by Registered Post they got lost and duplicate purchase had to be made involving at the same time expense in tele- graphing, &c.
Cost of the Plugs, £2 88.
These have proved to be very un- satisfactory when used and not up to the quality of those pre- viously supplied
Sixteen pieces damaged. "The Director of Public Works says : the damage was undoubtedly due to careless stowing of the goods."
Mr. Tooker considers "that had the articles been packed in saw dust, instead of straw and shavings they probably would not have been broken,"
The Treasurer reported: "this
delay is causing very great inconvenience, as it is found difficult, if not impossible, to furnish the Governinent with precise information as to the profit on the various shipments.
Drawing Instruments
for Public Works Department.
Totally unfit for use, The Di- rector of Public Works reported: "they were either in this damaged state when packed up, or so carelessly packed as to lead to their present condition."
Printing Machine for The Superintendent of Victoria
Victoriu Gaol.
Gaol, reported: “This machine was so disgracefully packed that the following parts were broken
Cast Iron Gutters and Rain Water Pipes for Public Works De- partinent.
Steel Joists from Dor- man, Long & Co., for Public Works Department.
Carbons for Publie Works Department.
in transit, and I have had to get
then made locally :-
1 Cylinder screw (bent and
thread destroyed).
1 Cast Iron treadle bar.
1 Cross head bracket.
The machine and parts were
packed in four boxes and only protected by a loose packing of wood shavings"
The inspecting oficers reported as follows:-"The damage appears to be due to imperfect packing, as the cases arrived intact."
£11 158. 77, charge for inspection
appears to be needless,
The Director of Public Works charac. terized the charge, as “equiva. lent to paying a fee to a phy- sician to select in a chemist's a bottle of Eno's Fruit Salt."
The Inspecting officers reported that "the damage was due to insufficient packing."
36316
Eault of Vessel ?
No. 20.
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
September 11, 1901.
GOVERNOR SIR A. W. L. HEMMING to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received October 17, 1901.)
(Jamaica. No. 582.)
SIR,
King's House, Jamaica, October 1, 1901.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular despatch, dated the 1st June, 1901, and to transmit herewith a copy of a letter from the Commissioner
of the Turks and Caicos Islands, stating that the relations between the Crown Agents and the Government of those Islands are entirely satisfactory.
SIR,
I have, &c.,
AUGUSTUS W. L. HEMMING,
Enclosure in No. 20.
(Turks and Caicos Islands. No. 116.)
Governor.
Grand Turk, September 2, 1901. WITH reference to Mr. Secretary Chamberlain's circular despatch of the 1st June last, asking whether our relations with the Crown Agents are entirely satisfactory, I have the honour to state, for the information of Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, that they
are.
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary,
&c.,
&c.,
&c., Jamaica.
I have, &c.,
GEOFFREY P. ST. AUBYN,
Acting Commissioner.
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