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he lighters, towed by tuge, will carry the mud to somewhere,
At As the part of the canal from the surve to the inner har-
bour is, as already stated, very shallow and the lighters
and tuge cannot pass there and, as the rest of the canal en
che side of the sea, only in high tide allows the passage of
such lighters and tugs, the place for the discharge of the
ud had to be salested in front of the village of Taipa -the
(only place whare the lighters and tugs can carry the mud in
any tide, as there is always enough depth in this small trip.
Besides, the discharge to that locality is much more
-conomical than to any other reclamation land, for the dia-
tanee to be run by lighters and tugs is four times shorter
than to the nearest reclamation land round lasse.
If any
other locality be soleated, four times the number of lighters
and tuge must at least be employed (the trip being at least
four times longer), in order to work continually the dredgers,
It is impossible to obtain immediately such a great number
of lighters and tugs, vere it possible, the work would be so
expensive that it would not be worth while to attempt it,
and Kaend, without a harbour, would be entirely closed to
trade.
That space in front of the village si' Talpa is already
naturally roolaimed, for the silting is such that the bed is
seen in low tide, and the discharge of mud there will not
but raise the bed four of five feet, with the advantage of
allowing the construction of a typhoon shelter for junks,
The reclamation in front of the village of Talpa, shown in the
big plan, has absolutely nothing to do with the/harbour se seme,
which the Goverment of Kuane had decided to carry out only
whenthe delimiŝation of the boundaries of Kacas ie concluded,
We hope that with the explanation now given you will not
leet to the inclusion of the reclamation in front of the
lage of Taipa in the agreement, especially when we have
it clear thâs in case the locality be eventually desided