CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 487

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HongKong Chamber of Comuterče...

HongKong, 10th August.1900.

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 1st.instant, (No.1595) announcing that the Government has had under its con- sideration the question of the advisibility of trans- ferring the Cape D'Aguilar light to Green Island and the light at present on Green Island to Cape Collin- son with a view to improving bath lights and rendering the approaches to the harbour safer for shipping, and asking the opinion of this Chamber upon the proposed

transfers, as to whether the expenditure involved would

be justified by the advantages to be gained.

The Committee have carefully consid- ered the question after obtaining the opinion of ex- perts, and they are quite satisfied that the advantages to be secured would greatly outweigh the cost. They are further of opinion that this outlay might be judici- ously increased in making provision for the substitu- tion of revolving or flash lights on Green Island and Cape Collinson, since the present fixed lights are not always distinguishable from the lights on junks, espec- ially in thick weather, always provided that the cost for the same is notexcessive.

The honourable,

F.H.May, C.M.G«,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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