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39.
As named in paragraph 6 herein, the cost of the
Breakwater complete, constructed on the line and in the
manner proposed in the Colony, is estimated at $1,540,000.
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trough protiminary easientov " The rates
on which it has been based appear to us to be low, when
compared with the cost of such works generally, but
Mr. Boulton assures us they have been arrived at, after
considering the cost of works of a similar character car-
ried out by Chinese labour in Hong Kong, and that at
present he considers them sufficient for the proper execu
tion of the works. Under any circumstances, the cost of
the Breakwater by either mode of construction may be taken
as practically the same.
40.
To the estimate of 1,540,000 for the Breakwater,
the cost of the additional Jetty at the Southern Entrance,
amounting to $ 123,000 must be added, thus bringing the total expenditure to g 1,663,000. In paragraph 26 we
referred to the value of the reclamation at the Northern
Entrance, being equal to its cost, which latter may be
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