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must be increased and the result of the tenders received
shows that, even then, he did not increase them sufficiently.
The result of the survey of the site
(d).
which was made in connection with the letting of a Contract,
was that the breakwater was found to be 80 feet longer than
had been ascertained from the plans previously available.
I trust that this explanation will
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convince you that every possible effort has been made to
keep the cost of this scheme within reasonable limits and to
consult you at every step. I have indeed myself viewed with
much misgiving the inauguration of so costly a project at a
time when the Colony is not financially in a position to
embark on large capital expenditure. As I have fully explain-
-ed in former despatches, however, the need of the Typhoon
Refuge to save the lives and property of the Chinese Shipping
in case of typhoons is admitted by every section of the com-
-munity to be very urgent, while the accumulated Colonial
Reserves which now stand at $1,473,793.61 are amply sufficient,
to meet the half cost of the work which is to be defrayed
from them, the more so that construction will extend over
a
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