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H.Fong 1233

sir,

CROWN AGENTS TO WAR OFFICE

274

9333

Rras ! APR 12

4, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.

7th February 1912

Referring to your letter of the 15th

December 1911 No.57/20/4337 (.G.0.3.) respecting the

price charged for some ammunition under reference G/

H.Kong 1233, I have the honour to state that the

Government of Hong Kong, to whom a copy of your

letter was forwarded, has written enquiring whether

it is usual for a purchaser of ammunition from the

Ordnance Factories to be charged with extra cost

entailed by defects in manufacture for which the

purchasers are in no way responsible.

2. The extra cost involved would not of course

have been borne by the Government of Hong Kong, had the

contract been made with the trade, and, as the attitude

of the Colonial Government appears to be reasonable we

shall be glad if the charge can be reconsidered.

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3. A somewhat similar question has ariser in

connection with the price charged for some "boxes, s11 "stores Q.F. 2.95"" under reference G/N. Nigeria 2039 -

vide our letter of the 28th January,

I have etc.,

(Sgd.) P. EZECHIET.

for Crown Agents

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