the reports of Military Authorities to be by the construction of
permanent rough stone breakwater,
and the cost
I would
of
such
a work
be less than that of
obstructions by junks laden with stones which I understand
would not be regarded as
such
permanent character
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maritime station.
There
is a material difference
however between the Estimate of the cost of this breakwater made by the Commanding Royal Engineer and by the Surveyor
General and as the latter is
an actual tender
I am
of opinion
that it will
be
better to leave
A
report
received from
opening of 1,000 yards between
the Southern end of the
breakwater
As
and
Green Island
there is reason to fear
that
if passage closed it might tend to the shoaling up of a portion of
the harbour, which would
be fatal to the prosperity of Hongkong
A
great
maritime
of
the most
reliable of the
Contractors, I think that it
may
be accepted as
the
accurate of the two.
The Estimate
of
this
breakwater 2,000 yards in
length and brought up to
the level of low water $150,000
6.
The scheme
for blocking
Kellett's Bank with sunken
junks filled with stones which has been prepared by Colonel Storer is estimated by
him
to