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landing the Colonial Government would have had its remedy. against the Insurers, but as

not one

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single claim has been notified to us by the Colonial Government it does not appear unreasonable to suppose that- no case of damage in transit- has occurred, as if damage had occurred the Surveyor General would have reglected his duty to the Government in not

bringing forward such claims,

with a view to our recov

recovering from the lenderwriters. As to damage by improper storage or transport of the barrels to the Works the Surveyor General is of course solely responsible

for

for taking proper precautions, and any local firm professing to accept such responsibity would undoubtedly require to be paid for it in some shape or other.

With respect to the relative cost of locally purchased coment and that shipped by Surveyor General's arguments are equally fallacious.

Les

the

Messy White whore cement

Mr Price proposes to buy are on our

list and have been invited to

tender for all the supplies of bement which

have shipped

Lor

for the Sytam Works, and on reference to the tenders I find that whilst Messrs White's price for bement according to our

strict