"The first two items, provided the Summer freshets are not too severe, are calculated to reduce the amount of silt coming into the Hatho and to restrict the area subject to uundation in the delta.
"The next Your items comprise an attempt to lead some of the sill aden' water to the Regulating Works Ghia Tien and thence to the item is a measure designed, temporarily, to postpone the silting caused by the Yungtingho. however, be understood best that can be dine in the time available and under' the conditions prevailing, and that the effects of these measures cannot be relied upon prevent the Haiho from silting.
The prospects for the Haiho may be summarized as follows:—By the deversion of the Yungtingho at Lu Kuo Chlao—Item No, Tit is hoped that the Hatho will not be exposed to silting before the end of June or the commencement of July.
"The silting of the Haiho will depend upon the freshets and their particular nature.
the freshets are light, it is pos-the works carried out at 19 Fang-Tau, will funeand that the amount of silt entering the Haiho will be so small that navigation will not be, seriously inconvenienced.
"at the freshets are very heavy, Is possible that the Yungtingho dykes above the delta will break, in Which case the silt will not reach the "If the freshets are of average strength, it is to be feared that heavy silting will be visited upon the Haiho."
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