CO129-449 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1918 [7-9] — Page 317

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Sir,

2)

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 26th. August, 1918.

2/247.

I have the honour to acknowledge the

receipt of your Despatch No. 124 of the 29th. May regarding

the roofing material supplied by the Horseley Company to the

Railway Department.

2.

It is admitted that the material supplied

wos inferior to the material specified; but the Horseley

Company deny liability on the ground that they bought on an

approved sample and that the sub-contractors supplied sheeting

to simple, which was passed by the Crow Agents' Inspector.

3.

There would seem to be no good reason why

this Government should suffer loss on that account; and, as

the action of the Crom Agents' Inspector appears to constitute

an effective bar to further action against the Company, I

would ask that the Crown Agents may be required to reimburse

this Government in the difference between the £60 recovered

and the total expenditure incurred on this worthless roofing

material.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble servant,

Governor, &c..

RIGHT HONOURABLE

WALTER LONG, M.P.,

&c..

&c...

BC..

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