CO129-181 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [1-8] — Page 103

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rugineering point of view I hads

the honour to point out the abso-

fute necessity of

Fur

at

aden

-dressing ourselves to the serious

the conservad

question of foreshore submitting

time two

of

the

at the same)

measures which have sined

been adopted.

Recordingly large and deep masonry eatch mits

were built in the bottom of the mullahs above the level of

sand is carried

A. way

in lighters to

gradually

land

Belcher's Bay where it is

helping to peclaim from the sea that will one day became a

valuable township and source

most

of re

voice to the Governments from ther (rown Rents accruing

holds.

on lease...

>

The second step has been to dredges pe- piodically every

average

de stance

hovember the whole of

the

foreshores for

passage of

of

20

the hills and the

the town to arrest thes

the sand

from task of voiding theme

during

the

every day-

painy season has de-

volved upon

the

Government Sex-

venging Contractor, it being

twe

of

his most important duties under the Sanitation Contract. The

fect

out from the wall along

chove district's where the sea bed was

found to show above water at daw water in the extraordinary springs

the 5. W. monsor. The dredging

is

of

generally carried down until the

the

the wall upper edge of footing of

until the hard shingle.

is

exposed

Dr.

underlying

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