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DEPTH OF WATER AT
QUAY LENGTH
L.W.O.S.T.
JETTY
FOR
FOR
WIDTH.
REMARKS.
No.
STEAMERS. JUNKS.
STEAMERS. JUNKS.
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
1
1,400
$50
37
16
260
2
1,200 1,200
37
16
260
3
1,200
1,200
37
16
260
4
1,200
1,200
37
16
260
5
1,200
1,200
37
16
260
I
Two sheds or ware- houses 500 feet in length and 160 feet in width on each Jetty. Roads 50 feet wide between the sheds and the quay face. Open storage space between ends of sheds 160 feet in width and 100 feet
in length. Junk basins 140 feet wide.
6
2,400
37
16
260
8,600 5,650
1.63 mile 1.07 mile
The Consulting Engineers have adhered strictly to the terms of reference which did not require them to deal with anything, but engineering issues. In consequence, their report practically resolves itself into one dealing with the construction of the jetties referred to.
They recommend the carrying out of the scheme in two sections, the first embracing the construction of Jetties Nos. 1 and 2 which they estimate at
Reclamation of 7 acres in connection with same
Dredging Cust Rocks
£1,120,000
98,000
29,000
Estimated cost of works in the provision of wharfage ........... £ 1,247,000 Dredging Belcher Ridge
Total Estimated Cost of 1st section of the Scheme
13,000
.£ 1,260,000
As the cost of any works carried out will be paid in the currency of the Colony and the costs of alternative works recommended later in this report are estimated in Hong- kong dollars, it will be convenient for the purpose of comparison to convert the foregoing estimate. The Consulting Engineers do not state at what rate of exchange their estimated cost in sterling was based, but, it is reasonable to assume that the rate of exchange adopted was 2/6 to the Hongkong dollar.
The average rate of exchange for the months June 1922 to November 1922 varied between a maximum of 2/74d. to a minimum of 2/4 d. the average for these 6 months being 2/6gd. £1,247,000 @ 2/6 is equivalent to an estimated cost of $9,976,000; i.e. a total length of 2,600 feet of steamer berthage providing a depth of 37 feet of water at L.W.O.S.T. and suitable for large ocean-going steamers, with the necessary accommoda- tion for Junks and other small craft, they consider, can be constructed at a cost of $9,976,000. Apportioning this sum over the length of steamer berthage, it is equivalent to a unit cost of $3,837 per lineal foot. This estimate does not include for the cost of providing warehouses, roadways, railway lines, water supply, lighting, motive power nor for the cost of any handling facilities, such as capstans, cranes, conveyors, &c.
No accommodation is provided for coal or oil storage or bunkering and no shelter for craft.
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