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4. A commencement has already been made 5t7
North Point, at the site marked "Reclamation under Construction" on the enclosed plan. I reported regarding this in paragraph 3 of my despatch No.69 of the 16th February last. The Chinese Syndicate which has leased the
property is constructing a vertical wall 1693 feet in
length, with a depth of thirty feet of water alongside at
L.W.0.S.T., as described at pages 35 and 36 of Mr. Duncan's
report, and the Government on its part has undertaken that,
when the reclamation is extended eastward, it will be made
a condition that a similar deep water wall will be provided.
It will be seen that Mr. Duncan has designed
a junk basin within the area at North Point which is
coloured yellow. It is probable that the construction of
this basin will prove to be too expensive for economical
working, in which event it is proposed that the reclamation
shall extend direct to the outer wall.
5.
The Java-China-Japan Lijn, who operate a
number of large steamers on the China Coast, have recently
approached the Government regarding the provision of wharf
accommodation at Hung Hom Bay, and Messrs. Butterfield and
Swire have made tentative enquiries as to the extension of
their bertha at Holt's Wharf. I attach a copy of Mr.
Duncan's plan, details of which are given at pages 42 to 46
of his report. The area required by Messrs. Butterfield
and Swire is that coloured light pink and cross-hatched
darker pink, and the adjoining 1200 feet of wharf
accomodation, marked A-A on the plan, would be suitable for the purposes of the Java-China-Japan Lijn.
6.
The lease of the latter area would be put
up to public auction on conditions to be arranged, but
I recommend that the area required by Messrs. Butterfield
and Swire, as an extension to their already existing wharve should be leased to them by private treaty.
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