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to receive the base of the structure has been reduced to
8 feet below the surface of the mud, which we consider
will be sufficient and will reduce the cost.
33.
Having regard to the nature of the bottom on
which the Breakwater would be constructed, and the char
acter
of the local labour and materials available,
there can be no doubt that a rubble mound structure is the
proper and most suitable one to adopt, assuming the slopes
are adequately protected, for which provision has been
made as far as it is practicable to do so.
34.
During construction, when typhoons are ex
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perienced, damage will, in all probability, occur to the
unfinished pitching of the slopes and top of the work and
also at the open and unprotected end. This is however
unavoidable under the circumstances, and would be more
for
than compensatedj
ed by the economy and convenience resulting
from the adoption of a form of structure largely inde
pendent of skilled labour, and for which but comparatively
little special plant and appliances will be required.
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