CO129-414 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [10-11] — Page 411

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Head Quarters Office,

Victoria Barracks,

Hongkong, 9th November, 1914.

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REC? Reat 28 JEC14

tration re Contracta for New Law Ques

With reference to the letter of Mr. H. J. Fischer

dated 28th August upon which you invited my remarks at our inter- view on the 50th ultimo.

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I beg to observe that having obtained evidence

from witnesses and documents willingly produced on behalf of the

Government and the Contractor during the arbitration; and having

fully considered each item of claim and given my award;- 1 con-

sider no useful purpose would be served by discussing Mr. Fischers

criticisms: but in regard to his commenta in paras. marked X in

pencil on pages 2, 5, 30, 41, respecting Contract conditions

in Hongkong 12 years ago; and the method of preparing Bills of

Quantities, I would observe that I then resided in Rọngkong and

Was Roquainted with them.

At that time,- when the large reclamation work

was completed,- a now epoch in building commenced; and first in

importance mong the large buildings then started was that for

the New Law Courts, the design and magnitude of which were far

beyond the experience of local Contractors.

The advance in design demanded a corresponding

advance in the method of preparing documents to assist a Con-

tractor to intelligently estimate for the higher grade of

workmanship/