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The works which we recommend for future extension

The construct-

are show by Yellow Colour on the Drawings.

ion would be generally similar to that which we have already

described in connection with the first instalment, and the

It will Jetties seuld be carried out as and when required. be seen that the junk basin të be carried out in conjunction with Jetty Ne. 2 will be common to Jetty No. 3, the width of the basin being 140 feet, which we consider should be smple to allow junks and barges to pass in and out whilst others are lying alongside the quays. Similarly a junk

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basin is provided common to Jetties Nos. 4 and 5. Mo. 6 is shown to have deep water quays on each side.

is probable that by the time this jetty comes to be

constructed, the railway traffic will have developed to such an extent as to render railway quaya of more importanci than junk basins, The exact accommodation to be provided would, of course, be the subject of special consideration before each extension is put in hand. Then completed there

will be available 8,600 lin. feet of deep water quay, or say 18 to 20 berths for large vessels of varying dimensions and 5,650 1ận. feet of shallow quay for junks and barges, without taking into account the quay at the eastern end of the reclamation seloured yellow.

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We may here add that if in the future the traffic should develop on such lines as to appreciably lessen the use of the junk basins, it would not be a difficult matter to fill up one or more of these basing and convert the anda of the adjoining jetties into a deep water quay with a

The blocks berthage of 860 feet for each pair of jetties. forming the junk quays could no doubt be taken up and

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