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to comply, as far as it is practicable to do so, with the

foregoing conditions.

2.

It will be seen therefrom that the length of the

Breakwater would be reduced from 4,000 to 3,400 feet,

and

that the reclamation at the northern entrance and the

jetty at the southern entrance, respectively, remain as

shown on plan B which accompanied our Report of 3rd.

instant. The effect of this modification would be to

reduce the area of the proposed Harbour from 166 acres to

140 acres.

3.

We may observe that the carrying out of the reduced

design would increase the sea disturbance

immediately in

front of Lot 89, by the formation of the re-entrant angle

between the south face of the Jetty and the wall of the

Lot, whilst by the adoption of the design shown on plan B

a cavity would be available for the absorption of such

sea.

4.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that the

saving which would be effected by the reduction of the

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