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despite the POB 8 mention. I come now to the only difficulty. Mr Lapierre handed me the 300 £ which enabled me to feed the camp and carry out the 1o pay (earth excepted) but this has been notably insufficient to set up the camp and we are living with the existing equipment (numerous disappearances) the necessary shelves have been made but I have not yet been able to pay. Mr Lapierre promised me the arrival of 1000 £ this week and I am waiting for them impatiently as the next pay on Saturday with the present workforce will reach nearly 500 £, which means that with this sum I can hold out perhaps until 2 October but without being able to set up the camp or to increase the workforce if the opportunity arises — If this is possible, it would be therefore necessary for me to be able to draw, in addition to the 300 £ already received and the 1000 £ awaited, of a new credit for the 1o October at the latest.
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