CO129-405 - Public Offices - 1913 — Page 43

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On July 23rd the Commissioner of Customs received orders

to prevent the export of stone unaccompanied by Government

parmita, and on July 25th Junks at Sanshul and Canton load-

ed with stone for Hongkong were seized, although duty had

been paid thereon. Two boat-loads of stone thus seized

were actually diverted by the fanton Authorities to the

Canton Cement Works.

The mounts of stone contracted for by the Green

Ipland Cement Company prior to the issue of the Tutu's

proclamation were communicated to the Wai Chino Pu on the

7th ultimo in the Aide-Mémoire which stated the willingness

of the Green Island Cement Company to pay over the con-

tract prics of this stone to the order of the Canton

dovernment provided they were allowed to take delivery

forthwith.

The undelivered balance of the stone already

contracted for amounts to 152,750 tons, and if the Company

is permitted to take delivery of this amount at the origi-

nal contract price, they are willing in making future con-

tracts for the supply of limestone to abide by reasonable

requirements of the Provincial Authorities provided they

afford