CO129-430 - Others & Individuals - 1915 — Page 269

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the future of from £1,200 to £1,500. Much besides analyses had to be done in connection with this work for the public. Buyers in various farts of the world used to write frequently cerning various features of the certificates issued from the laboratory, and taking one certificate only, namely that for tin, a great deal of work, and writing had to be done, before the London Metal Exchange, decided, as it did in

the Gourment 1914, that the certificate of

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Analyst of Hongkong should be winding buyers and sellers of the metal. no analysis of

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kind was ever refured for the public, and no bad debt or loss was incurred during my tenure of office. The scheme of the laboratory exominatións was to ensure Hongkong goods ring sold and accepted Lefinite system of sampling and analysis. The results achieved have been reported by The Association of Exporters and Dealers of Hongkong to be most satisfactory. 3. Researales. When in Hongkong, 14 fefers on

scientific subjects were published in various Journals, # list is given in affendise. There investigations

were made because it was seen

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that information

on the subjects treated was

very necessary, in connection wither with the Colony's trade, or with the discharge of the

work of the laboratory, Thus an investigation of Chinese Wood Oil, or Tung Oil,

was undertakan because

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