very ambitious scheme to avenge the Fairy Flats, is to be undertaken' by the Chinese Govern Inient which, when realized, should Tecult ina' great improvement in, the south channel, of the entrance to the Yangtze River and prove boon to shippers.
Details of the scheme were cute ined toa representative of, the "North-China" Daily News" Dr. Herbert Chatley, _engineer= in-chief of the Whangpoo Cone servancy "Boar, who are to be entrusted with this huge task, in the course of an interview. It is hot expected, "however, that the dredging work will commence before the end of 1932, The programme in view, Chatley said, was for five years actual working on the bar, the Me Spector-General of Customs having: already authorized the collection of the conservancy. tax as from April fon the basis of the actual import duties instead of, as at present, on the of the' five per cents tutored duties, At prevent, tres Duloven duties was being collected cent. on the five per cent. ad
but in future this would be collected on the basis of the actual import dis, The conservancy tux would be Paes hoped to execute at the ere payable by traders.
trance bar in the south channel of the Yangtze an improvement similar to that-made at the mouth of the Tio de la Plata, in the approach to Buenos Aires, Avgentina, said Dre Chatley Who mentioned that, condi< tions prevailing there were "much, thesame as those in the Yarigue. would be used, Dr. Chatley said that Asked. What "kind of dredgers the type of dredger was that known the drag suction Which was not anchored but which ploughed groove under the thrust of the ship's Propellers, liquified the mud at the Plough shear and. sucked the mixe ture up into. mud holds which were emptied periodically' some distances away from the place being dredged.
'The position in which the dredaing would be done would be decided by' special surveys shortly, before the fret dredger arrives, 'The cone templated vessel would be a large tone, say, about 300 foet long, and would appear much like any cordite lary cargo ship. Not being anchor ed, it would present no obstruction fo' traffic. A smaller vessel of this type is working on the Taku Bar the approach to Tientsin, Dry Chatley mentioned.
Tu reply to a question as to whort the first dredger would be delivered Jand work commenced, the engincer= in-chief of the Whangpoo Conser~ vane Board mentioned that it was not likely that. the first dredger could be delivered before the end of 992, after which work coul be S°Guectioned, us to th ity of questioned. as to the capacity the new dredger, Dr. Chatley said that the capacity was hoped to, be five or more times greater than that of each of the Whangpoo Conser= vaiey Board's large, bucket dred gers.
Dr. Chatley said he would not like to make any predictions as to exactly how long the work' would take or of the benefits which would result from the dredging of the Fairy Flats, a
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