CO129-513-6 Hong Kong water supply- schemes for development and improvement 25-1-1929 - 2-8-1929 — Page 68

NO CONFIDENTIAL.

Sir,

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 6th March, 1929.

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1.63117/21

With reference to the question of the cross

harbour water pipe line dealt with in my despatch Confidential dated 25th January, 1929, I have the honour to forward for the information of the Consulting Engineers a copy of a report on the geological formation of the harbour bed kindly supplied by Dr. R. W. Brock, Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia, under whose direction the survey referred to in Mr. Winston Churchill's despatch No.2 dated 3rd January, 1922, was

carried out.

JG

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

&c.,

&C.,

&C.

Governor, &c.