Messrs Sir J.Wolfe Barry & Partners to Crown Agents.
C.O.
534
21 Delahay Street,
Westminster, S.W. 19680
Kowloon Canton Railway
Gentlemen,
25th May, 1906
ECR
REG 2 JUN 06!
British Section.
In further reply to your letter E261/3 dated
26th February and with reference to your letter of the 23rd
instant we have refrained from answering until we had had
an opportunity of consulting with Mr Bruce, as suggested by
His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong.
After having carefully considered the matter, (1) We fully concur with the opinion that the most
suitable place for the terminus of the Railway will be on
land reclaimed from Hunghom Bay.
(2) For the purpose of the Railway we would recommend
that the reclamation for the preliminary scheme should be
brought a further 200 feet in a Southerly direction.
(3) We note that in the reclamation for the preliminary
scheme it is proposed to provide a timber pier for the landing of passengers and as a protection for small native
craft.
We are of opinion however that it should be
carefully considered from larger scale charts than are at our
disposal, whether it would not be advisable that this pier
should be either lengthened or otherwise altered in design
so as to give rather more protection than is apparently
afforded.
(4) We are of opinion that the finished scheme, in view of the fact that so large a sum of money will have to be
expended, will require a most careful and detailed considera-
tion not only with regard to the method of construction but
also
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