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Report by Messrs Leigh & Orange.

Messrs Meyer & Co.

Dear Sirs,

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HongKong 12th October, 1895.

In accordance with your request we beg to hand

you the following Report on the present position of the Northpoint

scheme for Installation of storage of Petroleum in Bulk.

1. We regrat that the letter of the War Office

dated 19th August 1895, and addressed to the Under Secretary of

State, Colonial Office, insists on the construction of underground

Tanks, with the concession according to paragraph 2 of the above

letter, of a thickness of cover of 9"-

2. As we wrote in our former report of April 5th

1895, we think that the difficulties and expense of constracting

and maintaining underground tanks are so great that we are compell-

-ed to advise you to abandon the site.

We do not know of any under ground tanks having

been constructed for the storage of Refined Petroleum in Bulk and

we had hoped that the stringent Colonial regulations would have

been sufficient safe-guard to have obtained permission for over-

-ground tanks on the site.

3. We now therefore enclose an amended plan showing