Copy of a report by the
Assistant Harbour Master
on the result of investigations
on the line of the junks
sunk
a
year ago laden
with stone on Kellett's Bank,
together with copy of a further report by the Harbour Master stating the
cost incurred in connection
with the sinking of junks, and giving estimate of the time and
cost necessary for blocking
the
Enclosure. 14 April, 1890.
Enclosure 24 224 April,
1890
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the whole bank if necessary.
I
gather from Your Lordship's despatches No 79 of 9th May, 1888, enclosing copies
of correspondence which had passed between the Colonial
Office and the War Office relating to the construction
of a breakwater on Kellett's Bank, and No. 147 of 5th September, 1888, that Your Lordship
does not consider the
construction of a permanent
breakwater