question of providing as soon as possible additional accommodation for junks seeking shelter from storms, Your Lordship will observe that the Relief Fund Committee unanimously agreed to suggest that the Government contribution of amount equal to private subscriptions promised by me to the fund, not being otherwise required, should be expended for commencing at the earliest possible date the new typhoon refuge which they, as well as the Public Works Committee of the Legislative Council, have recommended, should be provided at Mong Kok Tsui by constructing a detached breakwater extending from near Talkoktsui to opposite the South end of Yaumati and enclosing an area of 166 acres. The estimated cost of this breakwater is $600,000, and I propose that the suggestion of the Relief Fund Committee should be met by taking a vote in the Legislative Council for the amount that can be spent on the work this year and including such amounts in the Estimates for 1908 and 1909 as will permit of the work being completed without any avoidable delay. I ask Your Lordship's approval to this course. In the meantime a number of borings have been taken to ascertain the nature of the bed of the harbour on the site of the proposed breakwater