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No. 935,
Enclosure 1. in No.
The honourable
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fed 10 FEB 06,
Public Works Department,
Hongkong, 37th. December, 1905.
I beg to forward you preliminary drawings
and estimates for a scheme of reclamation to provide a site for
the terminus in Kowloon of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. The site is
in Hunghom Bay, the reasons which have led to its selection being:-
(1).
The harbour frontage is still in the posses- -sion of the Government.
(11).
It is close to Kowloon Point.
(111). The configuration of the see-bed renders the bay favourable for an extensive reciamation.
(iv). Deep-water frontage is procuracie.
(v).
The railway can be more easily constructed to Hunghom Bay than to any other portion of the Kowloon Peninsula which would be suit-
-able for a terminus,
The complete schere of reclamation contemplat
-ed is a very extensive one. It comprises an area of 143.15 acres, of which it is proposed to utilize 117.52 acres for the terminus, and affords 9,240 lineal feet of oerthage for vessels, the depth
of water alongside the quays at low water ranging from 40 feet to 8 feet. in providing for so great a depth of water as 40 feet, l have been guided by the fact that there are now two of the Great Northern Steamship Company's vessels entering the Port which are designed to draw 38% feet when fully laden. The dimensions of
these vessels are as follows:-
The Colonial Secretary.
Minnesota.
Dakota..
Length. 680' 0"
do.
Ereadth 79' 6"
do.
Toad draft.
38' 5"
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