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approving the proposal to charge the Aerodrome and Dredging Expenses to Loan in the first instance, in
view of the imperative necessity for immediate action, expressed very strongly the opinion that the cost of
the Aerodrome should be borne from Imperial Funds and
that in no case should more than one quarter of the
cost fall on the Colony. They also strongly urged
that all revenue required for the provision for payment
of interest and sinking fund in connection with loan
funds utilized for the Aerodrome and dredging works
should be entirely free of Military Contribution, as
the Aerodrome is mainly of imperial importance and
the harbour dredging largely so.
6. The question of the necessity of dredging some portions of the harbour was raised last year by questions asked by the Honourable Mr. Bernard in the Legislative Council Meeting held on the 26th
August, 1926, with reference to the grounding of two
large vessels in the harbour off Kowloon Point, and in
the reply given by the Colonial Secretary it was
stated that the Government proposed to undertake a
further survey of the harbour that year (1926) and
that the matter was being brought before the Finance
Committee.
At the Finance Committee Meeting the
question of dredging the harbour was discussed, and it was decided that an Engineer should be appointed temporarily to undertake a Survey of the harbour bed
to ascertain and report on the need of dredging. This
survey is now being carried out and while a comparison
of the soundings, taken in the years of 1917 and 1926
off Kowloon Point, indicates that there is practically
no