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THE CROWN AGENTS TO
MESSES. COODE, FITZMAURICE, WILSON AND MITCHELL
23rd March 1927.
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Gentlemen,
I enclose a copy of a telegram dated
5th March addressed by the Governor of Hong Kong to
the Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding
certain proposals for dredging the bed of the harbour
in that Colony.
2.
From the information in your possession
or available for reference (e.g. Admiralty charts)
we shall be glad if you will advise on the following
points: -
(a)
(b)
(c)
Whether the deepening of the harbour bed which it is proposed to effect, is likely to remain, without excessive maintenance dredging.
Whether the channel which it is proposed to dredge in a south westerly direction from a point 700 yards south of the south-west of Stonecutters Island is likely to achieve its object of increasing the scouring action of the ebb tide.
Whether there is any danger that the
dredging operations proposed may influence the tidal currents in the Harbour to the detriment of any of the facilities provided by the Harbour.
(a)
Whether the sum proposed to be expended
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