"The Improvement of the Chefoo Harbour" was the title of a paper, read at the conclusion of Mr. von Heidenstam's address, by Mr.
C. A van Lidth de Jeude, who in October 1913, through the courtesy of the Netherlands Government, went to Chefoo to advise the Chefoo Harbour Improvement Commission, at their request, as to the best means of providing the port with the protection it requires. Mr. de Jeude, since April 1915, has been: technical manager of the Netherlands Harbour Works Ca., who have the contract for the Chefoo harbour improvement work which started in August 1915, and is in charge of the scheme. His paper, which is a most comprehensive one, goes considerably into the detail of this great undertaking, and is too lengthy and technical to quote here.
The contract with the Netherlands company amounts to Hk. Tls. 2,877,000, which sum, it is expected, will be repaid in twenty-two years. The yield from the surtax is estimated at Tls. 140,000 per annum, including an annual grant of the Central Government and of the Shantung provincial authorities of Tls. 10,000. The returns for the first six months exceeded this previous estimate by fourteen per cent.
Mr. de Jeude referred to his report which was published in Aprit 1914, and said that the works to be executed at present consist of (a) an eastern breakwater off Tower
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