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Question.

PORTS AND HARBOURS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE:

13. State any additional par- ticulars necessary to show the existing and contem- plated capacity of the port

(a) in general,

(b) for the accommoda- tion of vessels of large size and deep draught.

(Note. In answer to thin question brief details should be given of im- portant schemes of in- provement now in pro- gress or in contempla tion, and of their estimated cost, in so far as they have not been given in reply to Question 11)

Castries (St. Lucia).

Kingston (Jamaica).

Within 600 ft. of foreshore 42 ft. of water (L.W.O.S.T.) can be obtained, with good holding ground, and this for 3/10ths of a mile opposite the city of Kingston, at present occupied by private wharves.

Port-of-Spain (Trinidad).

See answer to question 11.

WEST INDIES AND PACIFIC.

Raratonga.

Suva (Fiji).

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See answer to question 11.

See answer to question 11.