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The estimated cost of the works involved including 10 per cent. for contingencies

is as follows:-

Quay Walls and Return (including heavy moorings) Filling in connection with jetty

$ 3,545,000.00 170,000.00

Dredging.

$ 3,715,000.00

Outside line of quay wall (first instalment).

$

40,000,00

Do.

Do.

(second instalment), and Approach

Channel......

145,000.00

$3

185,000.00

The estimated cost of constructing the portion shewn coloured pink on Drawing No. 4 (first and second instalments), if carried out simultaneously, including the cost of dredging, amounts to $7,585,000.00 for which sum a total length of 3,400 feet of steamer berthage having depths of 30 feet and 36 feet of water alongside at L.W.O.S.T. with the necessary accommodation for junks and other small craft can be provided. Apportioning this sum over the length of steamer berthage, it is equivalent to a unit cost of $2,231 per lineal foot.

Third Instalment.

Construction of Jetty No. 4 which involves the removal of Piers Nos. 4 and 5. The net result of carrying out this section of the scheme will be the provision of one more additional berth for the use of steamers, 1,270 feet more berth- age for the use of junks, additional areas on which "transit warehouses may be constructed contiguous with the wharfage and together with Jetty No. 1 protection of the enclosed area from typhoon seas, thus providing shelter for small craft.

The estimated cost of the works involved in carrying out this Instalment, including 10 per cent. for contingencies is as follows:-

Removing Piers Nos. 4 and 5

Quay Walls for the use of steamers and Returns to jetty.. Quay Walls for the use of junks including protection to

reclamation...

Filling in connection with jetty

Dredging outside line of quay wall

$ 115,000.00

2,485,000.00

975,000.00

165,000.00

2,000.00

$ 3,742,000.00

When the foregoing instalments of the scheme have been completed, 9 new berths for the use of steamers will be provided, and, of the facilities now existing, there will remain Pier No. 1 (reduced in length) and Piers Nos. 2 and 3 providing berthage for 5 steamers; thus, the provision of the total number of 14 berths for the use of steamers with berthage aggregating 3,370 feet in length for the use of junks. Whilst the con- struction of Jetties Nos. 2 and 3, in lieu of the piers then remaining, will result in the provision of more up-to-date accommodation, the number of steamer berths will be reduced, the net result being a reduction in the total number of berths from 14 to 13; but, there will be an increase of 1,560 feet in the length of berthage for the use of junks and there will be provided additional areas on which "transit warehouses "

may be constructed contiguous with the new wharfage, with which railway communication can readily be given. The form of the design within the area enclosed by Jetties Nos. 1 and 4 is therefore submitted as an alternative to the form of Pier design now existing.