CO129-216 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [5-6] — Page 460

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alongside which ships lie, offer,

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only be properly appreciated

by considering the present

"cumbersome system of employing

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lighters. At present, a vessel

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enters the fort with, at times,

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much as three thousand (5,000) tons

of cargo on

board, all of which has to be transferred to lighters, taken on shore, and stored in godowns. (warehouses), and, the goods not un "being consumed here, the same process of transfer has to be "through on re-shipment for the an

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"Coasts of China and Japan. When the

piers are constructed, vessels will

come in

from

sea, and at once

go

alongside them and discharge their

cargoes into railway

trucks,

communicating directly with the godowns. The time saved, the safety

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from depredations of cargo and the freedom from

bostmen

wear and

tear, all tend to show the immense advantage of the proposed system over the present one; and I venture to think that, under such

circumstances, it is the true policy

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