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ship-plates sections, and other steel and other esrential steel iron end coal produces necessary for the present and future supply of the HONGKONG SHIPBUILDING YARDS and the NAVAL BASE OF HONGKONG and also to supply from its own yard (from the yard working in conjunction with the blast furnances and steel convertore and plate and bar mille at the steel works site) such ships ea are necessary or might be necessary for the building up of the British Mercantile "arine

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in such fashion as to render HONGKONG independent of any other and outside source of supply. And that:-

(e) There is both in the established yards in Hongkong and in

other British Yerde in Ching, as well as in delta of the West, Pearl and North rivers a very considerable supply of efficient labour that could be operated at all times to better advartage than Rome labour for the production of the steel iron and similar requirements of the existing

isting British China yards. And that:-

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This being a matter essentiel to the well being of Pongkong and of the Empire generally, and both of the firme named having had experience of the development of great mining ventures in China. As regards Veerre. Berick Voreing & Co. - end of the building up of great steel and iron and ship- -building plants in undeveloped country - as regards Sir William Beardmore Ltd. and as both of them are willing to work this matter in conjunction withthe Imperial Home Govern- -ment and or the Hongkong Government, thereby arrangements mey be made to protect the British Government's own supply of steel and iron to the Naval Base of Hongkong and further to reach an agreement as to what prices etc. and terms of supply shall rule in supplying private British Chine yards with their essential needs of coal steel and iron the British Government should through its Colonial and Foreign Offices acting together with the Heads and representatives

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