"The estimate for dockyard improvements is made up of the fol-
Works common to all derks to a ae While most naval men favour the establishment of @ large fixed base at Singapore, service opinion is not entirely unanimous on this question In a paper read before the Institution of Naval Architects last June, Jointly written by Captain D. J. Munro, R.N., and a civilian member, jan alternative plan was mooted.
The author's idea was that a great deal of money could be saved and there is the elaborate equally good results obtained ifn base were substituted for permanent works favoured by the Admiralty.
They estimated the feast of a flos base to £1,400,000, expended as follows:—Large ok wae Ronting do £500,000 ok 50/000
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