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35.

The section proposed also offers the material

advantage of the convenient rectification of such settle

ment of the work as will inevitably occur during construc-

tion and for some time after completion, by lifting the

pitching whan required and making good underneath by

depositing additional rubble before relaying.

36.

With regard to the construction of a portion

of the Breakwater, in the first instance, and the provi

sion of extensions hereafter so as ultimately to provide

the complete Refuge as designed, to which mode of proce -

dure reference is made in Sir F. Lugard's despatch of

7th. March, 1908, it will be observed from the diagram

of the typhoon of September 1906, that even if as much

as the northern half of the Breakwater were constructed,

but comparatively little shelter would he afforded when

the typhoon veers to the southward. In our opinion, in

order to provide protection to the extent required, the

construction of the full length of the mole will be

necessary, especially as the curved line of the work