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HONG KONG HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS.
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For
Gentlemen,
With your letter of the 7th Bay, 1920, you
forwarded to us a letter dated Sed May, 1980, from the
19827/20 Colonial Office, enclosing a despatch from His Excellency
the Governor of Hong Kong, dated 5th March, 1920, request-
ing that a member of our firm should visit Hong Kong to
advise on the steps which should be taken for the impZOV@=
ment of the Harbour.
2. In the despatch referred to, His (moellency draw
attention to the importance of Kowloon as a railway termin-
us in the near future owing to the prospect of linking up the Kowloon-Canton and the Canton-Hankow Railways and the consequent establishment of through communication with the
North of China. Under much circumstances he considered
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that the laying out of the necessary wharvas and quzy's WRÓ
a matter which required careful examination and expert
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3. His Moellency also referred to the probability
of an increase is the size of skips using the port, and the importance of the part of Hang Kong being in a position to
deal satisfactorily with any new developments.
Crem Agents
for the Colonies,
4, Killbank, 8.V.1.