CO129-359 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [12] — Page 110

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Enclosure 1.

To the Honourable

gir,

The Colonial Secretary.

100

Chief Resident Engineer's

office,

Kowloon, dated 30th.November 1909,

C O

1922

REC? Reet 19 JAN 10.

I am in receipt of your letter No. 7592

and have the honour to ask you to thank His Excellency for

referring to the Consulting Engineers the question of granting

me an allowance in lieu of the leave I earned on the works.

I would however point out that the cost to

the Government of Hongkong due to the cracking of the Bridges la

not what they will cost for reconstruction but the coat as

fault to my original design which ia comparatively small as for

the sake of economy I risked shallow instead of deep founda-

-tions.

I have etc..

(Sd.) Graves V. Eves.