Shanghai, 6th July, 1903.
Sin,—I beg to submit the following notes in order to assist the Works Committee in arriving at a decision in this matter. The ides of filling in the creek and converting it into a Boulevard is distinctly attractive ard when the idea was first mooted I was in favour of the scheme. sidered. a There are two main points to be con-
(1) The cause of the present condition of the Creek.
(2) Whether the remedy now proposed would be a benefit generally to the Foreign Settlement. the present emutition The Yangkingpang hee not been properly dredged out since 1887—a j fourteen years—and the bed of the Creek period of the Defence Creek end is about 4 fect ordinary low water of
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