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on a detailed survey of Hunghom Bay which the Commander-in-
-Chief, China Station, was good enough to have carried out
for me by H. M. S. "Albion" in February, 1905.
5.
They show a first section of a
reclamation scheme estimated to cost $585,000 designed to
furnish ground for a passenger station and goods depôt and
to allow of cargo being landed into this depot from
lighters, and also a complete scheme estimated to cost
about $9,576,000, which would enable the largest vessels
afloat to unload directly on to quays and give ample space
for the handling and housing of very large importations.
The first section of the scheme should be undertaken
simultaneously with the construction of the railway; the
complete scheme should be subsequently carried out in
sections as funds can be made available and as the antici-
-pated gradual growth of the port of Kowloon requires pro-
-vision of the additional accommodation.
6.
I enclose a minute dated the 3rd.
instant by the Harbour Master, on the complete scheme.
Captain Barnes-Lawrence considers that the greatest depth
of water provided alongside the quays might be reduced
from 40 to 36 feet. This would lessen the cost; on the
other hand the lowering of the Belcher Ridge so that there
should