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"night after night" - he adds. "then the frontage has silted up that at certain times of the tide boats can hardly touch alongside the jetty" - Captain ... referred to the Thomsen's complaint was forwarded to Engineer-in-Chief (25. P.W.D.) who reports
"That the silting up of the foreshore is going on at a deplorable pace; all our sewer outlets are choked up: everything after heavy rainstorm rushes down hundreds of tons of sand, and the reclaimed foreshore into a deadly menace every low tide". He is of opinion that this great evil can only be remedied by means of a dredger.
3. In commercial as well as in sanitary grounds, therefore, I would strongly recommend the purchase of the Machine, and it is hoped that Your Lordships will approve this recommendation, and cause the necessary instructions to be cabled to the Crown Agents. Payment will be provided for by the Legislature of this Colony.
4. If Your Lordships are fit to approve this recommendation, it is hoped that you will cause the necessary instructions to be cabled to the Crown Agents - Payment will be provided for by the Legislature of This Colony.
5. The two Stopper Barges referred to...