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proposed Breakwater
for
the
Protection
the Junk population in Typhoons,
with the soundings in detail and
the particulars of
2.
the work.
I also beg leave to lay
before your Lordship the report of Committee to whom I had referred
the question and the letter
of Admiral Rivers approving of the site selected by the Committee
3. The Legislative Council have unanimously sanctioned the project, and there is
but one
opinion in this Colony as to its
urgent necessity.
4.
I venture to ask for authority to lay the Cost of the $50,000.
work (50,000 dollars)
on the Special Fund if your Lordship allows me to proceed with it.
Should your Lordship
5.
be pleased to signify by Telegraph your approval of the Plan, the work can be completed before the next Typhoon
season, so as
to save
the lives of
the hundreds of the Junk population of this Colony, who, in the event of a typhoon, will otherwise be destroyed.