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writing to you is to let you know that we

have not overlooked your suggestion of

a discussion, but that in order to

facilitate progress and avoid any necessity

for another meeting of the Committee we

have suggested to Mr.Graham an alteration

in paragraph 6 of the draft. In that

paragraph it is stated that the Committee

have given their decision in favour of the

dredging to the greater depth on the

assumption that the dues of the port will not

be increased, and we are asking that the

paragraph may be qualified by a statement that

the Colonial Office representative on the Committee

reserved his opinion on the question of the

imposition of additional dues on shipping

pending further consultation with the Governor.

ེད་ཚང་མས་ ི་

ང་འབར་འཆར་

(SAD)

w.c. Both