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strict specification and only accepted after careful inspection and testing has been 8/2, 8/5, and 7/3 placed the orders at 4/2, 4/4, and 6/50 per barrel.

we have

It appears therefore that the Principals of a firm which is in direct relations with us

in this bountry, and who, would be paid

in Cash for their Cement directly it was on board ship and who would have no rishs in connection with

it's transit to Hong Kong and landing and storage there, are favourable

unable to sell on as terms as their Agents in the bolony after all the contingencies

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of shipment, landing and storage have been taken into account. The deduction to be drawn from such

state of

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things is obvious. The bement which the Surveyor General proposes to buy locally cannot be as he states equally good to that shipped by us, but is almost certainly the so called Cement of commerce, a totally inferior article, commanding much lower price, and of quality which few Engineers

with

any regard to their reputation would care to employ in any important work.

I beg to add that mess. Whites

bement