No. 672.
Sir,
(EXTRACT).
100
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 15th October, 1875.
With reference to your letter of the 13th instant His Excellency the Administrator instructs me to state he sees no reason whatever to withdraw from the terms of my letter to you of the 11th instant.
Nor, am I to add, is His Excellency prepared to make any alteration as regards the Crown Rent due on Inland Lot No. 671.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sd.) CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GRANVILLE SHArf, Esq.
Sir,
Public Works Department,
5th August, 1885.
The Sea wall, which this Department is erecting for you,
in front of your Marine Lots 177, 178, 179, 180 and a portion of 181 was completed up to the plinth course on the 13th of July, but in consequence of the little progress made by you in filling in along the back of the wall further work has been suspended, as it is not safe to carry up the masonry any further, until your embankment has been brought up level with the top of the stone work.
You will recollect that, in 1867 the destruction of the Kowloon Sea wall was caused by the neglect of the Marine Lot Owners of that period to fill in behind the Sea wall then in course of erection and that the absolute necessity of carrying up the embankment together with the masonry was on that occasion demonstrated in a very practical
manner.
I must also call your attention to the importance of using tough red or yellow earth or clay in your filling in, for a distance back 30 feet from the back of the wall. It is necessary to employ this material and this material only in order to ensure the cavities and spaces between the pierre perdue being properly filled and plugged and so save your embankment from being melted and drawn out by the waves through the interstices of the pierre perdue.
After a width of 30 feet nearest the back of the pierre perdue has been laid in tough clay the remainder of the filling in may be completed with rocks, stones, or any materials most convenient to yourself.
The hill of which Inland Lot No. 671 forms a part is composed of this soil.
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