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In the majority of red earth. And havnt you been, 17356 digging up old works, some floors in which the lime

concrete has been perfectly good and satisfactory to

you ?

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Therefore it shews that it has been possible,

what I mean,

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to make a good lime concrete with

materials which we have at hand here ↑

Oh yes, I have made myself in my own experience, plenty

of good lime concrete that has set extremely well, and

I know of large blocks at the present moment that are

old lime concrete, and that are quite good.

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Now, taking into account,

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thing for the public health, the enormous increase in

the cost by using cement instead of lime for concrete,

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which it would entail, can you make any suggestions for

a good lime concrete which would serve the purpose,

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Yes I can.

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What would you suggest ?

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I would suggest that the material brought into this

Colony be more or less policed, if it were Bonnible.

Thet a junk of bad lime that comes to the Praya to one

of my jobs that is sent sway, should never be allowed

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to get into the harbour. If it were possible to make it

contraband,

it ie rather utopian, but given a lime

which dong not contain more than a certain percentage

of adulteration, the common adulterant is sand,

given a red earth of a proper quality, and clean broken

granite, and mix these three in the correct proportions

with the correct amount of water, I will undertake to

make you a lime concrete that will set.

And you could do that much cheaper, than with coment

Oh yes.

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