The Director-General Wu Ta-cheng reports that on account of the ice during the winter, it was necessary to strengthen the fascines in certain places, and in the most exposed spots to protect them further with timbers. Since then the ico has all melted with the spring weather, and no longer gives any cause for apprehension. The. new embankment, extending as it does for five thousand feet, still requires a good deal to be done to it. The fabric is not solid and shows si sinking. Tt must be both bache levelled up wherever there seems any neces sity for doing so. It will also be advisable to add three lengths to the breakwater above the breach in order to protect the spot where the mp was formerly. Lastly, throughout the whole district river walls of brick must be constructed at points of special danger. The cost of these operations will be too large to be paid from ordinary allowances, and must be charged to the special fund.
19th April.
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