me in due course whether you propose
to put in hand the dredging of the
whole area to 36 feet. The cost of
such dredging will be heavy, and as
it will be primarily in the interests
of the Godown Company, the question of
recovering part of the cost by a special
impost on the Company, or of requiring a
substantial contribution from the Company
as a prior condition of undertaking the
work, will no doubt be fully considered.
3. If it is eventually decided to
undertake the work, I attach importance
to the recommendation of the Imperial
Shipping Committee that if possible the
work should be entrusted to British enterprise.
Full enquiry will no doubt be made as to
the terms on which British firms would
undertake it.
I have etc.,
(Sgd.) P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER.