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hyphoon; and although two unperor-

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able

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without damage

have passed over

since

the disaster of

the existence of such

1874. never the las

gaps in

with danger to the

the Craya Wall is fraught

sen defences of

Victorins, and I would therefore be

to recomments

that

the repairs of

those portions of the

wall which

have

been breached.

Commented

on

with

should be

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do

in hands air the point instance.

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be describle

to consider the best form of wall

The Survey or General

in his Report of 5th

to be adopted.

hus state D

Apint, that

the site of the Wall

is carried out as

far

" as possible without neccositating "expensive submarine foundations»,

that

4

be

" its height

cannot possibly

russed without leaving all the

"thresholds of

the houses along the

"Praya, and the Cross Streck

without delay, and carried,

energy until the wealt

point have been

in all probability it will not now be possible to complete the whole

of the Work before September, those

of the

that

b

"abutting on it

below the level

portions.

which

axt

most vulnerable.

and are opposite to the mort

valuable properties, should be latten

in

"

is in

Lin

surface of the monterey, and

the bottom or

natural foundation

most places rocky, while

a few others it is extremely " hard and compact gravelly

"shing."

In the absence of

any