It is of vital importance that it should comply with the required standard.
The records of the Indian ... in the vicinity.
It was found advisable to protect the wharf from collision by booms.
The Medical Department clearly showed the necessity of insisting on reliable texts, and I believe no certificate except that of the local analyst is accepted either in India or Ceylon.
(i) The close proximity of the wharf to the storage and filling sheds renders it most desirable that no steamer containing oil of doubtful quality should be allowed to proceed to it now, and that the cleansing of the tanks, an operation which unless carefully done is attended by some risk of explosion, should be conducted there.
The Harbour Master is of the opinion that the traffic in the vicinity of the wharf would be an advantage in preventing the close approach to the steamer of junks and native craft, thus maintaining discipline in the immediate vicinity of the steamers.
(K) The construction of wharves for coaling steamers would necessitate the presence in the immediate vicinity of the filling sheds of a large number of coolies, causing interference with the traffic, which there appears to be a necessity to minimise.
The large steamers frequenting the port use this anchorage.