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AGENTS
FOR
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ALL COMMUNICATIONS
TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE
CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES.
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4. MILLBANK,
WESTMINSTER,
LONDON, S.W.I.
9th November, 1928.
23. 10. 28.
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Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the
eceipt of your letter No.52819/28 of the 6th October, regarding the possibility of constructing
a pipe subway under the harbour at Hong Kong as
part of the Hong Kong Water Supply Scheme.
2. In compliance with your request we asked
Mr. Fairley to furnish, if possible, an approximate
estimate of the cost of the proposed subway and
also of the time required for its construction,
and we now enclose a copy of a letter dated 23rd
October from Mr. Fairley containing the information
required.
3. Upon receipt of the above mentioned
letter we thought it would be desirable to compare
Mr. Fairley's estimate of cost with the contract
prices for the two tunnels which Messrs. W. G.
Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd. constructed in
connection with the Shing Munn Valley Scheme.
therefore, asked Messrs. 3ir W. G. Armstrong
Whitworth & Co. to lend us a copy of the Contract,
including the priced Bill of Quantities, and this
we forwarded to Mr. Fairley, and invited him to
say if, in the light of these additional
particulars, he desired to modify his previous
We
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estimate.
The Under Secretary of State,
COLONIAL Oгrica,
S.W.1.
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