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Telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong to the secretary of
State for the Colonies.
Dated 5th March.
(Received Colonial Office 9.38 m.x., 8th äarch, 1927)
Secret. Ky despatch of 18th January Paragraph 3
and subsequent telegrMRS. Kaitak reclamation. The amoua t
estimated to ammplete the reclamation Dollars 738, 000
provides for depositing of 2,000,000 cubic yards of fill ing
material from land cutting, time required to complete is 34
years. The reclamation in question can be completed in 1)
years at an estimated cost of Dollars 1,491,000 by utilising
material which may be dredged in the harbour.
(2) For many years various complaints have been receive
from shipping companies regarding the inadequate depth of
water in the harbour also ships have grounded oacusionally.
Kowloon Point and the shallows off The shoals off the wharfage provided by the Kowloon Wharf
and Godown Company cause difficulty to moderate draught
vessels and make it impossible for deep draught vessels to
take advantage of this berthing. The deepening of this
portion of the harbour to satisfactory depth would yield
1,000,000, cubic yards of filling material,
(3) Belchers Ridge Penguin and Rambler heals cause
great inconvenience te marigation. The removal of these
shoals to a depth of 36 feet below low water would yield
30,000 cubic yards of filling material.
(4) There is a demand for very much larger area of deep
draught anchorage in the western portion of the harbour.
Burvey indicates that it is to the best advantage to make
the fullest use of the ebb tide in maintaining the depth in
the harbour. About 700 yards south of the mouth weet of
Stonecutter Island a passage 550 feet wide could be dredged
in south westerly direction to obtain benefit to the harbeu'
frem