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received with your letter, it would appear that, as the

revised estimate for the proposed Refuge at Mongkokt sui

had greatly exceeded the original rough estimate of

$600,000, made prior to the experience of the typhoon of

September, 1906, he had instructed the Director of Public

Works to report as to the feasibility of undertaking at

the present time, the construction of a shorter length

of Breakwater, which might still serve the purpose in view,

and be expanded later by additional extensions,

into the

complete Refuge as designed.

4.

In consequence thereof a Report, with accompanying

plane, was prepared by Mr. J. F. Boulton, Executive Engi

neer in the Public Works Department, wherein alternative

proposals were put forward, viz: a comprehensive scheme to

provide a Harbour of 166 acres area, an alternative being

submitted for a smaller project of only 57 acres in

extent. His Excellency remarked, with regard to the

latter, that the space would be too small for the requireTM

ments of the Port.

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