CO129-181 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [1-8] — Page 48

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recommended that the Changa wall along such places should not be

of

the

costly

character of a perma

nont structure. By the light of sub-

- sequent socnto however

we have

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sun such a continguey

formation of

the

Ground become hopelessly remotes, and the large amount of capital which the em Chinese merchants have sunk during the active and prosperous Masons of 1876 and 1877

alove.

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in the rebuilding of entirely business solablishments and in the enlarges ment and improvement of

along the Praga proves

old

that there is

make

every

intention to

of thise, permanent woleraides premises, and that

wvery sacrifice

will

will be made on

twuerd

to

the part of the land

of

prevent the interposition

any buildings between them and the

sea

From an

is of

Course

engineering point of view it

to br

regretted that

further reclamations are

by their

21.0

Ber

possibles be

better

bul_

t have

work against this sea might been attained in the shope of a

high level Phage. On the other

L

hand the Caller to have attained

ht above sea bort and

a

fair height above.

at the

some time to have been

distant from the present

conveniently

Prayza line Ялагда line of

been built so

water

houses.

i

must hav

for out in deep.

to make it doubtful.

whether the cost of

the submarine.

foundations

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