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recent charts to which we have referred. We see no sufficient reason to cxccount for such, & vest docunul ulioir as is shour by a; comparison of charts of these dates, either by the action of struchowal, works creded in the interwal, gruth of senet or mut banko and cousespient moi - fication of the set cuud velocity of the holul currents, or other natural speactions within the Harbour, over the wien where the alleged shouting hus

occurred.

Heavy retin - 11. Inputting foreverb this last named stack - ll cut Hong ment, it should be borne in mind, that Horry

Kony anal iks vicinih pore Rubjected to exceptionally brecurgand violent rainfall, which no doubt would cause, at the time, considerable deposits neurond in the locality of the sources where the dischweges from suchirounfallzire Achivered into the Harbour. Deposits arising from such sources would, in our opinion,

xpinion, be entirely insufficient to ciccount for the vestchanges within the Harbour aunt the losses of depth supposed to howe resulted therefrom, which would follow from a comprevusore of the poundings of 18411 withs the more recent and more reliable Serundings of Charts No1459, 3276,surd 3280

to which we hewe, alluded:

iminetion of 12. Hewning regent to the foregoing and also foll Sountings to the information we have obtuned at the

Hybwgraphic Department;.

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