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Appendix No. 19.

HONGKONG, 3rd January, 1901.

DEAR SIR,-With reference to my remarks about the cost of materials supplied to the Public Works Department and the cost of similar materials supplied to us from England, I send you the following list of building materials sent out to us from time to time and the cost thereof F. O. B. in English ports:-

Cast iron columns, lengths from 10 feet to 15 feet, 6 feet to 7 feet diameter,

5 to 8 cwt., each 6s. per cwt. f.o.b.

Wrought iron roof principals, 50 feet and 20 feet spans, 16s. 4d. per cwt. f.o.b. Freight on above 30/- per ton, 1" diameter wrought iron bolts and nuts, 13s.

per cwt. f.o.b.

Belgian steel rolled beams, 5′′ × 2′′, in 17 feet lengths, £4 17s. 6d. per ton

f.o.b. December, 1895.

Best English steel beams, 12" x 5", in 17 to 20 feet lengths, £6 17s. 6d. per

ton, f.o.b.-June, 1897.

Best English steel beams, 12" x 6", in 24 feet lengths, £7 7s. 6d. per ton-

January, 1899.

Best English steel beans, 8" x 4" to 14" x 6" in 11 to 15 feet lengths, £9 5s. 6d.

in December, 1900.

Belgian steel beams from 5′′ × 3′′ to 14′′ × 6′′ at £5 15s. 6d. per ton.-July,

1901.

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lish steel beams from 8" x 4", £8 2s. 6d. per ton.-July, 1901.

12" x 5", £71 2s. 6d. per ton-September, 1901.

Yours faithfully,

A. DENISON.

E. D. C. WOLFE, Esq.,

Secretary to the Public Works Commission.

No. 145.

PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, HONGKONG, 4th February, 1902.

SIR, I herewith return you Mr. DENISON's letter of the 3rd ultimo, and send you for the information of the Public Works Commission 6 copies of a Comparative Statement which I have had prepared showing the costs furnished by Mr. DENISON in parallel column with the costs of similar materials obtained by this Department through the Crown Agents.

I have the honour to be,

E. D. C. WOLFE, Esq.,

Secretary to the Public Works Commission.

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

W. CHATHAM,

Director of Public Works.

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