Received from Mr. Baron 9th June, 1871.
it stood, without sinking, a weight gradually With the pile screwed into the mud 186° applied till when.
A total of 2,826 Ibs, was reached, afetal fallow...... _...4" resulted. Do', do 3,243lbs. do do Do' do 3,711,, do do Do- do 4167 do do the" with the 4,167 leftfor2hours %1¢"
When a total of 4,647 was reached, a total fallow nw. cee wed St" Do' do 51454, do do Ise' Do d0'5,574,, do do Ife"
Do do 5,827;, do do l/s"
Do do 6247;, do do 13"
The pile sinking so that in 40 hours the fall was 2 5/16" and in 64 hours 2°.
With the pile screwed into the mud 20, it Bast down River.
Hongkew 1° 2° 3° 4°) 5° O° 7s 8" lshanghal bat Abutment. 2 2 cles 2 ment, Wear up River.
380' 6" face to face, Pile No. 1 E, requires to be lengthened 9 6" See LW 100" ings will be remedied in Shanghai after the wood platforms or cribs are in The No. 1 Pict, next Hongkew, is the one in Which the distance from top of crib to top of the inclined strut is 7° whilst in all the other piers this distance is $' 8°. Davip M. Hexpensoy, Municij Council, Engineer's Office, hanghai, 9th Uct., 1872.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.