Ag the meeting of the Hongkong Legislative Council on December 29 there was laid on the table a lengthy report on the commercial develop ment of the Port of Hongkong, pre-ured by the Port Engineer, Mr. John Danean, M..ca, Chartered Civil Engineer. The report isan extremely voluminous and informa~ tive document, occupying 60 printed axes, and is divided into four main Sections swith many sub headings.
In this Mr, Duncan has exhaustive, examined the whole question of port development and the many subjects related thereto, In a bream ble he states that the increase in the Colony's business, the increase in core of land, and increases in the cost of labour, the cost of storage and the possibility of deflection of trade have brought about an appre-elation of the necessity for development on more modern lines. Mr. Duncan then goes on to refer to the report of the Into Sir Maurice Fitzrinurice and also other various development schemes, including Capt. Davison's scheme for a wet dock Kowloon Point, Mr. A. R. Sutherland's scheme for a passenger depot Victoria and to reclamation rehemes at North Point and: Kennedy Town, as well as to the develop-
ral, ment of the harbour front gen-
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