CO129-341 - Acting Governor May Governor Lugard - 1907 [7-10] — Page 433

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428 amounted to 94 feet and that part of this remainder has since been used to renew defects on the main and with perfectly satisfactory results.

4. The explanations offered by Mr. Stanger do not appear to be sufficient to alter the conclusion at which my predecessor arrived, namely that the pipes supplied under the indent of 1903 were inferior in quality and must have been submitted to insufficient inspection.

This Colony is bound by Colonial Office Instructions to place orders for the materials it requires through the Agency of the Crown Agents instead of accepting tenders of local Firms of high standing, and the benefit which is assigned in support of the system is the thorough and efficient method of inspection to which goods are subjected by the Crown Agents Inspection Staff.

If this inspection should prove unreliable the Colony is subjected to a loss over which it has no control. In the circumstances it would appear that no useful result can be obtained by pursuing this correspondence further, but I have the honour to request that the Crown Agents should receive instructions that the Firm of Mr. E. Smith, of Wednesbury, may not in future be employed for the supply of

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30 by 38053/19. 428 amounted to 94 feet and that part of this remainder has since been used to renew defects on the main and with perfectly satisfactory results. 4. The explanations offered by Mr. Stanger do not appear to be sufficient to alter the conclusion at which my predecessor arrived, namely that the pipes supplied under the indent of 1903 were inferior in quality and must have been submitted to insufficient inspection. This Colony is bound by Colonial Office Instructions to place orders for the materials it requires through the Agency of the Crown Agents instead of accepting tenders of local Firms of high standing, and the benefit which is assigned in support of the system is the thorough and efficient method of inspection to which goods are subjected by the Crown Agents Inspection Staff. If this inspection should prove unreliable the Colony is subjected to a loss over which it has no control. In the circumstances it would appear that no useful result can be obtained by pursuing this correspondence further, but I have the honour to request that the Crown Agents should receive instructions that the Firm of Mr. E. Smith, of Wednesbury, may not in future be employed for the supply of
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> 30 by 38053 /19. 428 amounted to 94 feet and that part of this remainder has since been used to renew defects on the main and with perfectly satisfactory results. 4. The explanations offered by Mr. Stanger do not appear to be sufficient to alter the con- -clusion at which my predecessor arrived, namely that the pipes supplied under the indent of 1903 were inferior in quality and must have been submitted to insufficient inspection. This Colony is bound by Colonial Office Instructions to place orders for the materials it requires through the Agency of the Crown Agents instead of accepting tenders of local Firms of high standing, and the benefit which is assigned in support of the system is the thorough and efficient method of inspection to which goods are subjected by the Crown Agents Inspection Staff. If this inspection should prove unreliable the Colony is subjected to a loss over which it has no control. In the circum- -stances it would appear that no useful result can be obtained by pursuing this correspondence further, but I have the honour to request that the Crown Agents should receive instructions that the Firm of Mr. E. Smith, of Wednesbury, may not in future be employed for the supply of
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38053 /19.

428

amounted to 94 feet and that part of this remainder has

since been used to renew defects on the main and with

perfectly satisfactory results.

4.

The explanations offered by Mr.

Stanger do not appear to be sufficient to alter the con-

-clusion at which my predecessor arrived, namely that the

pipes supplied under the indent of 1903 were inferior in

quality and must have been submitted to insufficient

inspection. This Colony is bound by Colonial Office

Instructions to place orders for the materials it requires

through the Agency of the Crown Agents instead of accepting

tenders of local Firms of high standing, and the benefit

which is assigned in support of the system is the thorough

and efficient method of inspection to which goods are

subjected by the Crown Agents Inspection Staff. If this

inspection should prove unreliable the Colony is subjected

to a loss over which it has no control. In the circum-

-stances it would appear that no useful result can be

obtained by pursuing this correspondence further, but I

have the honour to request that the Crown Agents should

receive instructions that the Firm of Mr. E. Smith, of

Wednesbury, may not in future be employed for the supply

of

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