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Z/E.254/17
COPY OF LETTER FROM MESSRS. BINNIE, DEACON & GOURLEY, TO
Gentlemen,
CROWN AGENTS.
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Artillery House,
Artillery Row,
Victoria Street,
Westminster, S.W.1.
3rd January, 1940.
Hong Kong Water.
Tai Lam Chung Valley Scheme.
We thank you for your letter of the 29th December,
Z/E.254/17, and would be pleased to act in this matter.
2. Either Mr. W. J.E.Binnie or Mr. Gourley would be
prepared to visit Hong Kong as soon as the full results of the
preliminary investigations are available, though it would be
more convenient personally if the inspection were made during
April.
3. We should be prepared to visit the Colony, inspect
and select the most suitable dam site and report and advise on
the general scheme and upon any further surveys etc. which may
be required, for a fee of £3,000, plus travelling, hotel and
out-of-pocket expenses.
4. We should be willing to undertake the preparation of
contract drawings, specification and bills of quantities for
the scheme after all the necessary survey plans and other
information have been received from the Colony, and sufficient
to enable construction to be put in hand after the War, for a
fee based upon the estimated cost as follows:
On the first £250,000
On the next £250,000
31% 3%
For all in excess of £500,000 21%
/When
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