Noted British Engineer Returning to Carry out Further Investigations It will be remembered that, at the close of the conference here in October, 1921, of a number of famous engineers called by the Whangpoo Conservancy Board with regard to the continued development of the port of Shanghai, Mr. F. Palmer, ¢.1.8., the British representative, was appointed by the Chinese Government to advise the Yangtze River Investigation Commission, which was under formation as the result of representations made by the Associated British Chambers of Commerce, and to make a short inspection of the river. This he did, in company with Mr. Yang Pao-ling, of the Conservancy Bureau in Peking, and Capt. H. von Heidenstam, Eng-inoer-in-Chief to the Whangpoo Conservancy Board. A joint report was made, and Mr. Palmer promised to come out again in a year's time to make a more extensive study of the river and its problems, when certain data had been collected. As a result of this report, and with the support of the Inspector-General of the Maritime Customs, the Technical Committee of the Yangtze River Commission was formed, with the idea of collecting as much data as possible and making certain additional surveys. At the same time, the charting of the lower Yangtze by the Hydrographic Department of- the Chinese Navy was arranged for on the proposal of the Inspector-General.
Mr, Palmer. was asked fo delay his visit for a year, and information now has been received that he will. arrive here shortly, coming out vie Canada. Mr. Palmer proposes to. make as thorough an inspection of the Yangtze as possible and then to report to the Investigation Commission at
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