Dredging has been resumed during the past few weeks a the port of Macao, It is now many years Since the work has been proceeding, fand for some time it was necessary to temporarily stop all reclamation low the first deposits in the reclaimed lands to harden, Some parts of these reclamations, where the materials used were dry earth of the most part, already are being
tracts of land, especially tut mang extensive facing the outer port, have been made of mud dredged from the harbour bed. These latter areas have now sufficiently settled, and work hax been recommenced' with the filling in of the extensive tra of land immediately facing the anchorages of the new port. This Second process consists of raising the level of the previous reclamations by several feet, and work is proceedingly day and night. Mud from the old channel leading to Macao's Inner Port has been used for this work, to effect which two dredgers are in use, one, of the bucket type, loading the' silt into barges and another, of the propulsion type, pumping the mud on to the areas to be raised. The bucket dredger secures mud from various other parts of the channel leading to. Macao and also from the roadstead.
Many weeks will elapse before the present section can be complet ed, and work then will proceed on other sections of the reclaimed Tands, Later, the mud must be left to harden and settle, and eventually, when proper drainage has been put in, the land so prepared dig ea tage Harbour Works Ca., the concern responsible for many portions of the work hitherto completed, is as-isting in the new work, utilizing many parts of the extensive equipment laid down in Macao a few years ago when the major portions of the Macao Port Works were first begun. In other parts reclam~ menced with the preparation of the land for occupation, and in some sections. the sea-walls have been trimmed and faced, which work will, ime, extend along the enti length of the reclamations.
The Governor's Record His Excellency the Governor, Senhor Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa, necompanied by Mmme. Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa and Mile, Barbosa, leaves Macao April 4 for "Hongkong, prepara. tory to taking ship for Europe on April 7. on a well-deserved leave after an administration of 23 years His Excelleney's governorship has been characterized by steady—dement of the colony's resources pansion of the colony's encouragement progress has hastened expansion in local development, even bringing to of houses has progressed 'a scale hitherto unprecedented, notably the erection of edifices Tike the President Hotel, the new Post Office, and scores of houses for re-identical purposes.
Cor wereially the Colony' has expanded and the introduction of the 1e Post Office ies Bank on a large scale, the development of wireless communication, and the encouragement of industries are characteristics that have made themselves felt in Macao. The opening up of Chung Shan by the building of the Kee Kwan Highway presages era of prosperity ere many years have past. The diplomatic relations of Macao probably never have been so progressive as during the rest two years, and the number of distinguished visitors is further testi-many to the prestige Macao has. enjoyed of late.
In internal matters, the Governor's administration has been accompanied by pronounced success, and the many "demonstrations on the part of the Chinese community of their appreciation of His Excellency's governorship is eloquent tribute of their acknowledgment of many benefits that have aceraed to
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