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Labour will be effected if

these machines.

are

brought

into

KAOL.

In the event of His

Excellency the Governor

sanctioning the Requisition

the cost will I believe be

voted in the Estimates for

1868. It is impossible therefore

for me in this case to

quote the number of the

Report and Estimate in

the usual way.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

Milton

Surveyor General.

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Requisition for Machinery required for the Surveyor General's Department, to be ordered and sent out from England by the Crown Agents for the Colonies.

From

Approximate Value.

One 8HP Portable Engine for General purposes, fitted with Common Fire Box. Duplicate Brasses to be supplied and Spare Straps.

To be ordered from Messrs Ransomes & Sims, Ipswich)

One Centrifugal Pump, to be worked by above Engine, intended to be fixed on a Wooden Stage. Duplicate Brasses to be sent.

To be ordered from Messrs Ransomes & Sims, Ipswich)

One Travelling Steam Crane (for lifting large Boulders etc.) fitted on Railway Wheels 4½' Gauge, To lift 30 cwt. Two Iron skips holding ¾ cubic yards each, fitted with valve bottoms. Duplicate Brasses to be sent and ½ dozen chain slings.

£1800

£1600

£2000

To be ordered from Alex. Chaplin & Co, Cranstonhill Engine Works, Glasgow)

One Mortar Mill, 4½ ft Gear-wheel, fitted complete. Spare Brasses to be sent.

£800

To be ordered from H. Syttes, 67 Upper Thames Street, London)

One Pug mill, with Vertical Shaft of extra strength, for working stiff clay into Puddle, fitted with 2 sets of Knives. Spare Brasses to be sent.

£500

To be ordered from H. Syttes, 67 Upper Thames Street, London)

£6000

Chargeable to Colonial Estimates 1868.

Approved.

Governor

Hong Kong 26th June 1867.

Milton

Surveyor General.

INDEX.