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of the upper courses would have occurred. As bearing upon this question the Surveyor General has bointed our Sharar Free staces where there was a concrete covering immediately al- The back of the wall. the roadway was not infired to a g

a greauir exînfitar was subsequently,

made gova by one

gove

hours avan of a few Coolies

Proposed Works

Raising the Levr

In Sir John Goodes previous &f the Prayas

Reports reference was made to the impracticable

desirability of raising the level of the new Sea Wale and Roadway provided this could be done without interfering with vested intérests and was no!-0 in other respects objectionable for notwithstanding that the rebuilding and repairs may be executed in conformity with a proper design as regards details of construction, the liability to some damage during Typhoons of extreme violence Would

not be altogether removed unless the wall and Roadway were raised above the level of the byphoon

seas.

It is clear from the information now

of the furnished as to the rights of tuarine property owners, the large Sums which they have expended in the creation of commodious and permanent-premises, and the importance to the carrying

arrying on of their business that no obstacle Should be imposed

beliveen them,

and the Sea that the idea of further reclamations with a high level Traya Will have to be abandoned, al-all events for the present: - Moreover as the cooperation of the Marine property oroners cannot be secured. "The cool

Corns Seaward of the present-

any Montage which would of necessity be

heavy would have to be detraged

entiray