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Sir,
CROWN
AGENTS
FOR
THE
COLONIES
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4, MILLBANK,
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LONDON, S.W. 1.
5th January, 1940.
22
3.1.40.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter No. 53687/39 of the 22nd December transmitting
a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong
regarding the proposed construction of a storage reservoir
in the Tai Lam Chung Valley.
2.
As Messrs. Binnie, Deacon & Gourley were the
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Consulting Engineers for the Shing Mun Valley scheme in
Hong Kong, we asked them if they would be willing to act in
a similar capacity for the scheme now proposed and we
enclose a copy of their reply dated the 3rd January.
will be seen that the firm will be pleased to act as
Consulting Engineers and either Mr. W.J.E. Binnie or
Mr. H.J.F. Gourley, both of whom visited Hong Kong in
connection with the Shing Mun Valley scheme, is prepared
to visit Hong Kong as soon as the full results of the
preliminary investigations are available.
This
3. The Governor of Hong Kong, in paragraph five of
his despatch of the 8th August, stated that a considerable
amount of useful information regarding the scheme had been
collected and that boring operations on a possible site
for a dam were then in progress. We think it is important
that all the data collected should be submitted to the
Consulting Engineers for consideration before a partner of
The Under Secretary of State,
10
Colonial Office.
/the
CA