CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9] — Page 181

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M.

As however the mere

freight

and

expenses of the shipment to England

for sale

of

the 1200 tons co

comprised

in

NA

the 2,476 packages inumerated by No" Vide Curatorne Kinder would have cast nearly $30,000

at this season of the

of the year,

and above all

I was!

as I infer from Your Grace's despatch No 110 of the 7th July last and from the very 6997 disheartening prospect which it reveals of the

brobabile panifice at which Mint property must have bun pold in England, I

been

causect imagine that $10,000 could have been

obtained for it there. Thus indiad of jetting

$48,500 as the result of the arrangement which I have effected the bolony would have lost $20,000 On the whole therefore

look an

the pale

Do ou

very fortunate

one

م

mare

especially as

had been in use

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almost all the Machinery

for upwards of two years.

I have the honor to be,

May Lord Duke,

Your Grace's most obedient, humble servant,

Paris Frans Mar Donnell

Governor.