CO129-539-7 Re-verification of standard weights and measures- affected by the atmosphere in Treasury vault 29-1-1932 - 13-4-1932 — Page 6

C. O.

Mr.

Mr.

Delahunt./4/32.

Bickle

1 ts

"

92621/1932. Hong Kong.

Downing Street,

4

13 April, 1932.

6

Mr.

Parkinson.

Mr. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Perint. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

HONG KONG.

NO. 105.

GOVR.

(1)

Sir,

I have, etc. to ack. the

receipt of your despatch, No.41

of the 29th of January on the

subject of the re-verification

of the Standard Weights and Measures

in the possession of the Govt.

of H.K.

2.

If the Standard Weights

and Measures

in question are

forwarded to the Crown Agents,

© for the Cols,

firms of scalemakers in London will

be invited to inspect them and

afterwards

quote prices for the

necessary reconditioning, including

the fee charged by the Standards

Dept of the Board of Trade for

re-verification of ti standard

weights and measures and the cost

of