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large passenger trade on the latter route. The vehicular ferry piers would be suitable for the accommodation of double ended passenger ferry boats similar to the type at present used on the service between Jubilee Street and Yaumati. Such boats might therefore make alternate trips on the vehicular ferry route, and thus provide a frequent service to meet the requirements of the passenger traffic.

Estimated cost of establishing a vehicular ferry service between Jordan Road and Jubilee Street the proposed ferry boats being reduced to provide accommodation for 12 five seater cars only.

Jordan Road-Kowloon.

Reclamation, Ferry piers and offices.

Jubilee Street-Hong Kong.

Reclamation, Ferry piers, and offices (estimates includes $80,000

for offices)

Ferry Boats.

3. Nos. vehicular & passenger ferry boats.

Total cost of Piers, Ferry Boats, &c.

$ 520,000

$ 655,000

$ 540.000

$1,715,000

Messrs. Coode, Fitzmaurice, Wilson & Mitchell--Harbour Development Consulting Engineers in their report dated 25th November, 1924, state :-

"We have given consideration to the provision of better facilities for traffic between Hong Kong and the Mainland, particularly for vehicular traffic. The only feasible method without great expenditure of money is the provision of ferry boats. There are numbers of these in existence at the present time. Some of the most important are those crossing the Thames, the Mersey, the Clyde, New York Harbour and San Francisco Harbour.

These ferry boats carry large numbers of both horse and mechanical vehicles. That on the Thames at Woolwich is under the control of the London County Council and is looked upon in the same way as a bridge over the Thames or a tunnel under- neath and no charge is made for either vehicles or passengers. It in fact takes the place of a road. On the Mersey there are several ferry services controlled by the· Birkenhead Corporation and the Wallasey Corporation and a charge is made both for vehicles and passengers.

We consider the cross traffic between Hong Kong and Kowloon is growing sufficiently to warrant the provision by the Government of a good vehicular and passenger ferry service."