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history of the construction of this Harbour of Refuge, but it may be advisable to refer very briefly to one or two matters which have led up to the present position. About

1907 a proposal was made for the construction of this

Harbour by the late Mr. Boulton, and in 1908 kis proposal

was referred to us.

Te vere of opinion that the Break-

water as proposed by Mr. Boulton was quite satisfactory,

but we considered that the widths proposed for the south

and north entrances, 840 ft. and 900 1$. respectively,

would allow such disturbance inside the Harbour that parts

of it would not be safe for small craft. We accordingly

re-designed the entranoes reducing the south and north

openings to 390 ft. and 300 ft. respectively. These

alterations naturally entailed additional work and

increased the cost above Mr. Boulton's estimate.

then informed that no additional expenditure above that

estimated by Wr. Boulten could be sanotioned and we

asked to submit a revised scheme so as to keep the cost within this estimate. We œscordingly revised the design by reducing the length of the Breakwater from 4,000 to 3,400 feet and the area of the proposed harbour from 166 acres to 140 acres. This revision mturally necessitated an alteration in the position of the entrances and in our Report dated 8th October, 1908, we made the following

remark: -

We were

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**e 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 adop "tion of the design shown on Plan B"(our original "design) a cavity would be svailable for the absorp- "tion of such sea".

In view, we presune, of the financial position at the time, the Hong Kong Goverment adopted the alternative

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