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incurred for the benefit of a relatively few ships no
addition to the dues of the port should be involved and that
the scheme should be financed otherwise. It was also a greed
to add a suggestion that, if possible, the work should not
be given to a foreign firm; and that perhaps there might
be co-operation to this end with Empire ports in the same
part of the World (say Colombo, Bombay or Singapore). It
was agreed that a draft letter on these lines to the
Colonial Office should be circulated for approval.
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