which M. Bran refers, it does not seem safe to assume that the work will be executed either more rapidly or more cheaply than if it had been entrusted to responsible English Contractors, experienced in the use of modern plant & conversant with modern methods of organization & construction.
Special dangers, risks or uncertainties which render the adoption of the departmental system advisable for great breakwater or harbour works exposed to the full force of the sea do not appear to affect the construction of retaining wall or land reclamation.
3. As the Consulting Engineer recommends that the Floating Crane should be obtained in this country & not in Hong Kong, I telegraphed on the 17 instant, to inquire whether any steps had already been taken to obtain this Crane.