CO129-547-9 Use of Japanese cement for public works 9-4-1934 - 11-7-1934 — Page 12

No. 330.

Sir,

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG,

30th May, 1934.

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[+] With reference

to your despatch No.145A

of the 17th April, 1934, on the subject of the use of

British Cement for public works in Hong hong, I have

the honour to inform you that this Government in

calling for tenders has on no occasion specified that

foreign cement is to be used. The specification

clause inserted in the conditions of tender is in

general in the following form:-

2.

"The cement to be used for any purpose

"specified in this contract is to be from a

"British factory or other source approved by

"the Engineer, and is to comply in every

"respect with the revised specification of the

"British Standards Committee dated November 1931".

Early in the present year arrangements

were made for calling for alternative tenders for

Government works involving the use of cement in order

that figures regarding the relative cost of British

and foreign cement might be available as a guide to

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,

&c.,

&C.,

&C.,