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» ''Turnbull's corner.” The iron jetty will run from a point 
120 feet west of the old jetty 400 feet sea-ward, it will have a 
width of 35 feet, and have two lines of railway on it. . It was 
»t first intended that the wharf wall should be carried as a 
return wall from a point 80 feet west of the new jetty back to 
Met the St. Vincent Wharf at its junction with the South 
Quay, thus forming a spur of land with the jetty projecting 
tom it. But it was afterwards determined to continue the wall 
straight on as described. The total length of quay frontage 
being 1,400 feet. The Reclamation at the back of the wall will 
give an additional wharf space of rather more than 11 acres, in 
Edition to that portion reclaimed in 1894. The wharf wi 
h's a depth of water alongside of 8 feet at low water spi ing 
tides at that portion east of the new jetty and of 10 feet ,on * 
“ e jetty to the west end. The jetty will have at least 10 teet 
Mi of water alongside for the whole of its length and this 
probably be increased for a portion of its length . 
The dredging is being carried to a depth of 8 feet below 
7 wter over that portion from the new jetty to the ^ueen s 
from thence to the Petroleum Warehouse groyne a depUl 
of from 6 to 7 feet has been made, while westward ot the new 
the depth is taken to 10 feel. And here I may say some- 
“ lln g which I know is not in accordance with the general beliel 
“*«> and that is that, up to the present at any rate, it « no® 
Wd that the dredged area silts up. Careful soundings 
- en periodically taken over the dredged ground, ' om 'Y wag 
ha «bee Q ascertained that the depth to which the dredgi 8 
tar ned is maintained, and in no part has it been 
S4r 7 h) dredge a second time. 
Possible future extensions . — With regard to P 0 ***' 3 t tbe 
“tensions of the harbour, these will, I take it, 
;estward ; though it should be P'®* 1 ® '^^um warehouse 
“considerable tract of land eastward of the P etr °^" „ roV ne be 
? ro Jne, extending indeed in time, if the. interc p o o an y 
Wade long enough, to the mouth of the Carom ^ ^ 
pensions with a view to obtaining deep ■ wate« be 
wards the Maraval mouth, and I bel tQ 35 f e et in 
practicable to make a wharf having a dep ater • 0 r, a less 
rorit °f it; dredging out to meet the <- e< P. , depth in front 
expedient, dredging a basin of the 
of the quay and a good wide channel as an app ... 
4 - /-vF trade is such to 
. Whether the anticipated developmen m y province to 
justify the outlay upon such worlds it is reasQ n why Port-of- 
d '^ss, but I say that I see no engineering reason 
Vm should not be made a deep water harb 
