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Death's of

water.

Jider.

*

Proposed Praya Reclamation

Hong Kong

Memorandum of

Particularo

The project for the new

Embankment

along the western half of the harbour

· prontage of the City of Victoria involves. the construction of

gravité masonry,

of

260

feet from

along a

a

at a distance out

the

breast- wall of

present Praya, and

depth of water varying from:

3 fat at the shallowest to 30 feet an

the deepest.

The

wal

average depth of

pierre pu of

along the ambre line. due mound may

the

be taken at 20.

(Lov water Spring Tider S... monsonge

There are in Hong Kong harbour two Entirely different set of tide. bols

duringen.