Above everything Shanghai is dependent upon her river, and the Creator number of our members do need to be reminded of the success attained by the Whangpoo Conservancy Board. As a result of their efforts we have, in place of fan irregular and rapidly deteriorate ing creek, a good shipway permit ting the largest ships now plying on the Pacific, that is over 20,000 tons, to pass right up to the town, "To achieve this: over 30 million tons of mud has been dredged in [the last 20 years, nearly 1,000 acres lof foreshore Iand has been reclaimed Jand raised to high water level, many miles of frontage have been bunded, [the river has been diverted at Gough Island, an 11-foot bar removed and a 19-foot channel dred-ed and further deepening isin These results are largely due to the very admirable work carried out lby the Board's engineering stof, jand their surveys, which cover the whole of the Huangpu drainage basin, studies of mud and investiga-{tion of tides and tidal currents furnish an example to many of us as [to how methodical research work should be carried out.
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