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CONFIDENTIAL DÉATI
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Hong Kong Harbour Development Policy.
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Notes of a meeting held at the Colonial Office on Friday, January 8th, 1926.
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Present: Sir G. Grindle, K.C.M.G., 0.B. (in the Chair)
Sir R.E. Stubbs,K.C.M.G., (late Governor of Hong Kong)
C.N.G.
Sir C. Severn, K.B.E. (late Colonial Secretary,
Hong Kong)
Lieutenant Colonel J.F.H.Carmichael, C.M.G.
C.B.E., M.I.C.E., R.É. (one of the Crown Agents for the
Colonies.)
x Mr. P.A. Anthony, C.M.G., M.I.C.E.,
(of the office of the Crown Agent:
Mr. J. Duncan, M.I.C.E. (late Port Engineer, Hong Kong).
Mr. H. Beckett) Mr.J.Paskin
Colonial Office.
As a preliminary to the consideration of the technical matters arising out of the correspondence which was summarised in a memorandum for the purpose of this discussion, Mr. Duncan was invited to state his views on the general considerations which should be kept in view in formulating a policy of development. Mr. Duncan stated that the occurrences of the past year had shown that it was possible for Canton
a high percentage (with which place in normal times about 90% of the Trade of Hong Kong is done) to import the necessaries of
life