CO129-540-7 Dredging of Hong Kong Harbour 26-4-1932 - 1-10-1932 — Page 72

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After discussion it was agreed that the Committee, in

consultation with the Air Ministry should prepare a short

statement on the subject to be sent to the Joint Wireless

Committee of the Chamber of Shipping and the Liverpool

Steamship Owners' Association with an enquiry whether the

proposed service was likely to be of interest to shipping.

Mr. Macleod (Canada) stated that Canada was much interested

in this question and he indicated that she might be desirous

of taking part in a North Atlantic Empire Scheme. It was agreed

that the question of bringing the scheme to the notice of the

other parts of the Empire should be considered later.

7. Dredging of Hong Kong Harbour, (vide paragraph 10 of the

Minutes of the 169th Meeting).

The evidence of Mr. 0.G.S. Mackie, of Messrs. Mackinnon,

Mackenzie & Company (the P. & 0. Company's Agents at Hong Kong)

and a member of the Governor's Advisory Committee was taken

on this subject. After Mr. Mackie withdrew Sir Leopold Savile

demonstrated on a plan the area which the Admiralty proposed

should be dredged for their purposes. Sir Leopold suggested

that, on the assumption that the proposed dredging was

approved by the Board of Admiralty, the Governor of Hong Kong

should be informed of the proposal and asked to include it

with any dredging undertaken for merchant shipping purposes,

it being assumed that the Admiralty would contribute a subsidy.

In the course of the discussion which followed the

Committee agreed that in view of the evidence of Mr. Mackie

in regard to the manoeuvring of large liners in Hong Kong

Harbour, and also the statement of Capt. Edgell with regard

to the manoeuvring of large warships, they would recommend

that the area of the harbour west of Kowloon Peninsula

indicated on the plan supplied by the Hong Kong Government

should be dredged to a depth of 36 feet, it being understood,

however, that since the expenditure involved would be

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