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for unequal settlement of the foundations and for this contingency sloping concrete blockwork will probably be considered the most suitable form of construction.

I may point out that, if considered desirable hereafter, it will be possible to in- crease the depth of the most northerly length of 30 feet berthage to 38 feet without a large proportionate increase in expense.

With regard to the railway approach to the terminus, level crossings on the public roads have been dismissed as impolitic and, after full consideration of the advantages of crossing over or under the roads, it has been decided to adopt the latter. The laying out of the various branch lines and sidings will be greatly facilitated thereby, as the difference between the general level of the terminus ground and the lowest point of the line will only be 5 feet.

Suitable material for the reclamation is obtainable in abundance from a low range of hills in the immediate neighbourhood of the work and the cutting for the railway will yield over 449,000 cubic yards; for which credit has been taken in the estimate now submitted. The deposit of the material from the railway cutting in the reclamation affords the most economical means of disposing of it.

I may add that, before the load draft of the "Minnesota" and "Dakota" was ascertained, it was proposed to provide a depth of 36 feet in the case of the deepest berths and, since this was increased to 40 feet, the sections have not been amended. The sections are, therefore, not strictly in accordance with what is shown on the plan and stated in this report, but the estimate includes for berths of the greater depth mentioned.

The Honourable

The Colonial Secretary.

I have, &c.,

W. CHATHAM,

Director of Public Works.

Kowloon-CANTON RAILWAY TERMINUS.

PROPOSED Reclamation FOR PASSENGEr Station aND GOODS DEPOT.

FIRST SECTION OF SCHEME.

Estimate.

Earth filling, 1,303,119 cubic yards at 35 cents

$456,092

Pierre Perdu, 59,350 cubic yards at $1.20

71,220

Pitched slope, 3,350 lineal feet at $17.50

58,625

Dredging trenches for foundations (less value as filling),

38,800 cubic yards at 40 cents

15,520

$601,457

Add 10 per cent. for contingencies...

60,146

$661,603

Drainage (estimate based on area of land reclaimed),

2,277,981 square feet at 24 cents ...

Add 25 per cent. for contingencies ...

$56,950 14,238

71,188

Timber landing pier, 200 feet × 40 feet

24,000

$756,791.

Deduct for spoil from railway cutting to be used as filling at 35 cents plus

10 per cent. for contingencies as above:-449,500 cubic yards

173,057

$583,734

Say

$585,000

W. CHATHAM,

Director of Public Works.

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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TERMINUS.

PROPOSED RECLAMATION FOR PASSENGER STATION AND GOODS DEPOT.

COMPLETE SCHEME.

Estimate.

Earth filling, 7,083,743 cubic yards at 35 cents

Add 10 per cent. for contingencies

$2,479,310 247,931

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(8 feet of water)

Dredging trenches for foundations (less value as filling)

deeper than 40 feet, 87,000 cubic yards at $2.65. Quay wall (public quay)

Dredging trenches for foundations (less value as filling)

445,500 cubic yards at 40 cents

Pierre Perdu, 389,000 cubic yards at $1.20 ... Dredging berths (less value as filling) 511,000 cubic yards at

40 cents

$2,727,241

$466,800

204,400

178,200

230,550

450 lineal feet at $113

50,850

685

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112,340

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247,135

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1,090

405

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441,450

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4,550 1,710

9,290*

509

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2,315,950

710

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1,214,100

$5,461,775

Add 25 per cent for contingencies

Drainage (estimate based on area of land reclaimed),

6,220,636 square feet at 2 cents

Add 25 per cent. for contingencies

Deduct for spoil from railway cutting to be used as filling at 35 cents plus

10 per cent. for contingencies as above:--449,500 cubic yards ...

1,365,444

6,827,219

155,518 38,879

194,995

$9,748,855

173,057

$9,575,798

Say

$9,576,000

*Includes 50 feet for return of wall to join wall of Kowloon Marine Lot 81.

December 27, 1905.

MY DEAR SIR,

W. CHATHAM,

Director of Public Works.

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Enclosure 2 in No. 213.

S.S. "Palma," January 13, 1905.

FROM what I heard at Hong Kong it would appear that there is a good deal of speculation in land in Kowloon going on in anticipation of the railway. Apparently it is generally supposed that the railway will terminate either on the land side or at the southern extremity of the Kowloon Peninsula.

Under these circumstances perhaps the foreshore in Hunghom Bay could, if acquired now, be bought at a reasonable price; if so, possibly the enclosed rough sketcht of a suggested reclamation might be considered worthy of investigation.

The estimate is, of course, a very rough one, as the information on which it is based is merely taken from an Admiralty chart that I have borrowed. I send this rough sketch, not without some misgiving that it may be resented as intruding upon what does not concern me; if so, I can only say that it is quite unintentional.

Yours, &c., His Excellency

A. J. BARRY.

December 12, 1905.

Sir M. Nathan, K.C.M.G.

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