You might sour the lures of the junk populations during typhoons, and under these circumstances His Excellency would suggest for the consideration of the Council that the Surveyor General might, as a preliminary, be called upon to furnish an estimate of the probable expenditure attendant upon the construction of the breakwaters in question.
The Council concurring, it is resolved that the Surveyor General be instructed accordingly.
True Extract.
Burke, Clerk of Councils.
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