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weeks hundreds of tons of detritus into the harbour. The extreme incoherence of the decomposed granite of the hill-range overlooking Wanchai has made that particular area prey to disintegration by rain wash and consequently the eastern half of the bay is so silted up as to be no longer available for ... except at great distances from the land.
3. Along the foreshore at the mouth of every nullah, new silt mounds are accumulated after the expiration of each season of the West Monsoon, and there becoming spread out by the action of the winds and currents eventually spread themselves out evenly over the seabed to a considerable distance out.
4. The dredging recently done along the foot of the Praya Central has no doubt done local good, especially in freeing the several outlet mouths, but as the evil is yearly recurring and increasing, the Government of Hong Kong cannot defer much longer the consideration of an adequate remedy. The conservation of the harbour must be dealt with in a manner and on a scale commensurate with the importance of ...