Letter 12.
Letter 13
Letter 14
Letter 15
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At any rate it appears to have set his mind at
rest on the question of the Government's intentions.
On the 11th September Mr. Kwik writes "The
erection of a vertical sea wall for the above Lots in place
of one with wharves as originally intended so that we may
contribute our part towards the realisation of the
Government's plan in this connection, is estimated at a
cost of $1,900,000." He then asks for a subsidy and
againagain asks for the return of the plan if there is no
hope of a subsidy.
At last on the 4th October Mr. Creasy wrote
making an offer of the blue area on certain terms, but
making no further reference to the Government's intentions.
There was apparently an interview on the 9th of
that month vide Mr. Creasy's letter of the 10th and another
on the 13th. At this last interview the Colonial
Secretary appears to have proposed certain terms which
were verbally accepted.
These terms were ultimately set
out in a letter of the 17th October and the first of them
was "(a)The Government undertakes that the vertical wall
will be extended continuously eastwards in connection with
future reclamations."
difference between the terms offered by letters 13 and 15 was the addition, in the letter of the Government's
undertaking, and the promise to advance $600,000. This
undertaking may fairly be read with the statement in letter
No.11 already referred to. The only possible meaning being
that the Government was responsible both for further
reclamation and the extension of the sea wall. These terms
were with trifling modifications accepted and Mr. Kwik
then proceeded on that undertaking.
It is significant that the main
On the 25th April 1924 the Contract for the
construction of the wall not having been let the Director
of Public Works wrote "It must be understood that the
extension