3 Feb 30
561.
RECEIVED
2 9 JAN 1930
JOOL, OFFICE
140
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 27th December, 1929.
My Lord,
I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that
I am advised by the Director of Public Works that a sum of
$20,000 will be required next year for the construction of
a rubble mound to provide a dump for surplus material in
connection with further reclamation at North Point, and the
disposal of spoil and rubble excavated from a balance tank
and other works which are being undertaken in that vicinity.
2. Reference to the plan attached will show that
reclamation has now proceeded as far eastwards as Marine Lot
431. The layout to the eastward shown on the plan is in
accordance with the general plan of port development.
essential part of this development is the construction of
the main 100 ft. roadway. The present proposal is to employ
the sum of $20,000 for the purpose of constructing a rubble
wall, as shown in red on the plan, to retain the dumped
material.
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3. In this way the engineers advise that the sum
of $3,800 will be saved on the cost of the balance tank alone
by reason of the cheaper disposal of spoil and further savings will be effected in the port development department by
avoiding
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD PASSFIELD,
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