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incurred for the benefit of a relatively few ships no

addition to the dues of the port should be involved and that

the scheme should be financed otherwise. It was also a greed

to add a suggestion that, if possible, the work should not

be given to a foreign firm; and that perhaps there might

be co-operation to this end with Empire ports in the same

part of the World (say Colombo, Bombay or Singapore). It

was agreed that a draft letter on these lines to the

Colonial Office should be circulated for approval.

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