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altogether convinced of the necessity for the Ashlar face work, owing to the projection of the berm and the slope of the rubble mound no craft can lie alongside the wall except small boats. Steam Launches come alongside the Piers specially constructed for their use, andawks are not usually moored from 15 to 20 feet off the Praya, the space being bridged by a gangway.
Moreover a wall faced with concrete blocks has recently been constructed by the Sock Company on the opposite side of the Harbour at Kowloon and the blocks appear to stand very well. I have gone into the question of the extra cost of facing the Blocks with Granite Ashlar which I estimate at $31,000 for the whole length of the Praya. In my opinion the proposed alteration would
Surveyor General