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useful harbour works to be charged to the harbour account,
more especially as the cost seems to be reasonable.
We
hesitate, however, to express the same opinion as to the
other half of the dredging. It would provide the balance
of the necessary spoils urgently needed for the reclamation
but, on the evidence before us, the alterations in the
Harbour must, apart from further investigation, be regarded
as of a speculative character.
We think, therefore, that
the cost should be charged against the reclamation and not
against the Harbour.
On behalf of the Imperial Shipping Committee
Mackendes
Chairman.
28th March, 1927.
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