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I had an interview with the Honourable Colonial Secretary on the subject and told him that I considerel such a pooceeding absolutely unnecessary and that I could not carry out any such order without referring the matter to you as I was working directly under you in purely engineering Latters and was responsible to you only, that I considered the crack a very slight affair and of no importance as it had not got any larger for some time now though it had been testel almost to its full loal up to the present. He informed me that His Excellency wanted to appoint a select committee to examine the bridges, and I replied, that, there were only two Engineers in the Colony in my opinion capable of judging on such works as I did not consider any of the archi- tects qualifiel to pass an opinion on such structures as were being built on the Railway.
This order has now come to me and I will forward their report to you as soon as possible together with drawings of the bridges, and an account of my reasons for founding as I dil.
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In the meanwhile I would ask you to inform me as to ay position with regard to any recommendations they way put forward. I do not know as yet who will form the committee but from the small number of Civil Engineers accustomed to Railway construction and its methods, I cannot bind myself to carry out any suggestion they may put forward without first referring the matter to you, who are the Consulting Engineers and advisors of the Governrent of Hongkong in this matter.
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I fully recognise the position His Excellency has taken in this
matter. He has explained to me that he feels bound to show that
while not being in a position to judge of the seriousness or other- wise of the cracks he has taken steps to inquire into the matter fully
in case of a future accident on the Railway. I also acknowledge
that it would be absurd to ask one of your firm to come and inspect
the work, and for these reasons, I am submitting to this committee
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