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better harbour than Keelung, the small size of which fers it positively dangerous for shipping in a typhoon
the north or east. In the recent stom on August
the British 3.3. "Tyndareus' narrowly escaped (saster from this cause, as she dragged her moorings and was nearly driven on to the quay wall.
Takow is free from this drawback as the harbour much less cramped. It is true that the spit of land enclosing the lagoon on the south-west is too low to afford protection from the wind and much inconvenience
s experienced in the season of the south-west monsoon, t it at least forms an adequate breakwater. I gather at Takow harbour will always remain very difficult and
a dangerous to enter in a gale, but for shipping inside
111 be much safer than Keelung. Another advantage
h Takow enjoys is that the lagoon (eight miles long
ie mile wide at its broadest point) will afford plenty · pace for expansion in the future.
In my despatch No. 43 I touched upon the question cranes. - The two German cranes mentioned are what is ɔwn as semi-portal cantilever cranes. Though the .chinery etc., came from Germany, the steel frame godowns aich they serve are of American manufacture.
Each crane serves two godowns one behind the other, the capacity of each of which is 80,000 bags of sugar. These "Luther" cranes are apparently especially adapted to the handling of large quantities of cargo uniformly packed in bags,
uch for instance as sugar, uring my recent visit three At Gamerą Were in port unloading Java sugar of which these
frame godowna conqained tens of thousands of engineer who contacted me round the harbour
fact that mor cranes are required and als:
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