Mr. Fergusson attends and is invited to give his opinion as to the various lines of bunding suggested, and which are shown to him on plan on the table.
He states that the best line is that which adopts the flattest curve, or in other words that line which lies nearest. the Hongkew bank. It takes off. the corner hours of high tide, ''n¢ of the Japanese Consulate and it is the line plied three times da at regular hours he proposed in his letter which appeared. spective of the tide; the gave the
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