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The Institution of Civil Engineers,
ESTABLISHED 1818 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1828. "FOR THE GENERAL ADVANCEMENT OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE
Great George Street Westminster. S. W. 1.
17 May, 1940.
Sir George Gater, K.C.B.,
Colonial Office,
Downing Street,
S.W.1.
Dear Sir George
I am now able to reply to your letter dated 11th
May in which you asked for my suggestions for a suitable Technical
Adviser to Sir David Owen for the Hong Kong Inquiry.
I suggest for your consideration the following three
Engineers, any of whom would, in my opinion, be well qualified to
undertake this duty:-
He had
1. Sir Athol Anderson, K.C.B., who has recently retired from the
post of Civil Engineer-in-Chief to the Admiralty.
experience at Rosyth and in Hongkong and in South Africa
besides his work at the Admiralty.
Dis 1. Bottomley
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He is a Member of Council of this Institution and has been a
member of the "Commission Consultative International des
Travaux" of the Suez Canal.
His age is 65.
2. Mr. Raymond Carpmael, 0.B.E., who has recently retired from the post of Chief Engineer to the Great Western Railway, and has considerable experience of Docks and Harbour work particularly
at the Barry Docks. He recently visited India as a Member
of a Committee sent out by the Secretary of State to report
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on certain aspects of railway working.
He is a Member of
Council of this Institution, a Member of The Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, of The Institution of Structural
Engineers and of The Institute of Transport.
His age is 64.
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