10
excels,
which
may
be
approximately stated as a sum of £2000, will
probably be incurred in
completing
the works which have been
Lord ... taken
in
the letter
letter of the
Major General Commanding explain the circumstances under which this has been incurred,
and I have to request that the
necessary authority
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y
obtained for the required expenditure.
5. Among the causes which
have led to the excess
mentioned the damage
caused
by the storm of the 29th and 30th
May 1889, unexpected difficulties
at Victoria Battery;
uncertainty
as to the exact way
in which the works were to be
completed, which depended on
the results of experiments conducted at home;
and the slow rate
of
progress and frequent cessations
of the
work, due to
various causes, which has
considerably increased the cost
of transport and
supervision.
... A. J. Storer Colonel.
Chura.
C.R.E.
Hongkong 4-1-90.