930 BEPORT— 1888. 



by the Secretary of State for War to forward, for the consideration of the Local 

 Board, the report and plan which have been received from Mr. Redman, C.E., and to 

 observe that in the event of BIr. Redman's project meeting the approval of the Town 

 Council, Lord de Grey will be prepared to recommend to the Lords Commissioners of 

 the Treasury that a sum of 1,800Z., or about three-elevenths of the whole expense of 

 carrying out that project, shall be paid for from the Army estimates. 



The frontage of the whole of the property to be protected is 1,100 feet, that of 

 tlie War Department being about 300 feet ; this proposal will, therefore, be in accord- 

 ance with the suggestion contained in the letter from this office, dated March 19, 

 1863. 



I am to request the return of the report and plan. 



I am, Sir, 



Tour most obedient Servant, 



(Signed) Hartington. 



The Town Clerk, Dover. 



6. SHEERNESS. 



To Lieut.- Colonel Jervois, R.E. 



■Westminster, S-W., Ocloier 31, 1866. 



Sir, — In reply to your letter of the 27th instant respecting ' Garrison Point,' I have 

 to report that Colonel Freeth explained to me on the 18th instant, on the spot, the 

 proposal to use the shingle, within certain limits, for filling up the parade of the 

 new fort, and the agent for the contractor for that work attended to point out from 

 whence he proposed to remove shingle. 



My attention was directed to the recent accumulation against groynes run out bj' 

 the contractor and around blocks of stone deposited for the works. 



In my report of August 20, 1857, to you on the groynes along the neighbouring 

 shore, I directed attention to the increase of Garrison Point to the westward and 

 that from plans in your possession at Sheerness it appeared that in 1737 the end of 

 the shingle spit was half a mile east of Garrison Point ; also that the Point had been 

 resorted to for many years for material for concrete and for roads, &c., for your 

 Department and for the Dockyard. 



Taking these facts into consideration, I do not consider that harm would be done 

 by the removal of shingle from the ' fulls ' forming the convex horn of the Point, but 

 as the foundations of the fort are only 5 feet below the level of high water of 

 spring tides, it is clear this must be done with great caution. I should recommend 

 that no shingle be removed below the level of high water of neap tides. 



It was stated by the contractors' agent that it would not answer their purpose to 

 remove shingle from the eastward of the fort or east of their westernmost groyne 

 on account of transport, so that they would depend entirely on the horn of shingle 

 immediately contiguous to and around the fort. 



Within the above limits, viz., from the Gun Wharf to the western groj'ne and 

 down to the level of high water of neap tides, about 800 j^ards cube of shingle might 

 be obtained, so that the high-water ' fulls ' would have to be renewed six times before 

 the material required would be obtained, as about 5,000 yards are required ; but it is 

 fairly argued that the shingle would follow from the eastward as it was removed 

 from the crest, and it is supposed that the requisite material would be thus obtainable 

 in a few months. 



The removal should be first from the eastward working westward, so that the 

 travelling shingle would follow on. 



The excavation of the shingle should be only in defined and short lengths, say 

 of 20 yards, or about one-fifth of the entire length of the shingle ' horn ' on the 

 curve from the Gun \Miarf to the west groyne, which is about 110 yards, and the 

 removal of the next length should not be commenced until the sea has begun to 

 repair the breach thus formed with a new ' full ' ; the wharfing for the support of 

 the contractors' road around the fort forms a protection at its base in the event of 

 the sea passing over the lowered beach at high water of spring tides. 



Should the above precautions be taken, I see no objection to the proposition sub- 

 mitted to me. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



(Signed) J. B Redman. 



