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HONGKONG,
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE. 560
7th July, 1925
Your
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With reference to cofrespondence and ing
telegram of the 28th April, I have the honour to submit for your consideration the following proposals
regarding the development of the harbour.
2.
I stated in my despatch No.63 of the 12th
February last that Mr. Duncan's report had been referred to
the Chambers of Commerce, but the Chambers have not
hitherto made any observations upon it, nor, I understand,
are they likely to do so unless some concrete proposal is
put before them. With so many conflicting interests
involved, unanimity as to the general policy to be pursued would be out of the question.
3.
There is one point upon which, I think, there cannot be two opinions, and that is the necessity
for the provision of more deep water wharves. The
shipowner is becoming convinced that, with the constantly
increasing cost of labour, it no longer pays him to load
and discharge from and into lighter in the stream, and
there is a growing demand for wharf accommodation, with
its very much smaller handling charges and greatly reduced
risks of pilferage, where a ship can load and discharge
direct from and into godown. Mr. Duncan discusses the
matter from this aspect at pages 23 and 24 of his report.
4.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
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LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
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