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ordered at once.

d to the cement there

regard

With re were difficultion

ahead and

I thought

that we should not proceed to order the

cement until we

machinery for further particulars from home.

ao

on

had

Mr Orange spoke also and he threw

I understood as much cold water

far as I understood

the

cement buoniese as possible. Ite

cautioned no to work carefully

slowly; that ma

easy.

was

King

aud

cement was no

matter and that unless the stuff

of the very best, people would not

look at it.

The idea

I gave to the

people

interested

as that we.

should

1 so on experimenting

at home, and up to the present we

ordered uo

machinery for cement.

coon

the Govern get The.

eneut

business.

was

401

ar

-mannfacture of cement

as I had been using

idea of my

Hon

great quantities of bricks and cement. I thought both might be manufcroturid

in the Color

we

Colony,

but as re;

regards

the cenech,

have been evorking very cautiously,

clay,

sending

limestone and

& from

chalk, lip to the present the result, home have not been satisfactory and

lve

have not ordered any machinery., Independent of Government there

is here

αν

market for

very large ma When I thought of it, it was

" for

the Chinese in case

Chevents.

was more

case railways

should be constructed there and also

in view of the opening up of Tonquim . I remember a proposition of all Orange

have

hopes of being

being able

lo

to manufacture cement

for

for any

work

We had no idea or

connected with the Fytem water

soheme. I do not think Mr Orange

held

us out hopes

- hope that we would

import

a certain quantity of clicker in order to have it here, grind it, and sell it for

cement, but that has not

been approved of by the directors and we have done nothing respecting this

suggestion