Communications and transit > Enquiry on national public works

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Of the works in progress, the following deserve mention :
1. Repairs of main dykes along the Yangtse and the Han Rivers in Hupeh
Province with earth embankment 191 kilometres long and bank protection works
at 121 places, at an estimated cost of 1,200,000 dollars.
2. Construction of the Kinshui project to protect the Kinshui district from
flooding by the Yangtse River; estimated cost, 850,000 dollars. The completion
of this project will benefit about 900,000 mou of land for agricultural purposes (each
mou is equivalent to 614.4 square metres).
3. Construction of the To Ho irrigation project in Shensi Province, at a cost of
about 1,500,000 dollars, capable of irrigating 500,000 mou of land.
4. Repairs to the Wei-pei irrigation works in Shensi Province, at a cost of
250,000 dollars, capable of irrigating 600,000 mou of land.
5. Repair of the Saratsi irrigation works in Suiyuan Province, at a cost of
1,000,000 dollars, capable of irrigating 1,000,000 mou of land.
6. Repair and excavation of canals in Kansu Province, at a cost of 500,000 dol¬
lars, capable of irrigating 580,000 mou of land.
7. Repairs of the canals in Ninghsia Province, at a cost of 200,000 dollars,
capable of irrigating 750,000 mou of land.
8. In order to speed up the completion of the topographical survey along the
Yangtse River, an aerial survey is to be made of the country between Shasi and •
Chopaikow, an area of 2,200 square kilometres. A hydrometrical survey is being
conducted along the Yangtse and the Han Rivers. In co-operation with the Ministry
of the Interior and the Provincial Governments, a hydrometrical survey is made
along the lakes and rivers in Hunan and Hupeh Provinces also. The total expenditure
for these surveying works is approximately 200,000 dollars.
9. Subsidy of 50,000 dollars to the Kiangsu Provincial Government for the
construction of sluice-gates at Wang-chia-kang and Chu-kang to prevent flooding
by sea-water.
10. Request was made to Professor Engels, a German hydraulic engineering
expert, to continue his Yellow River experiments—work to begin on July 1st, 1934,
with a subsidy of 60,000 dollars from the National Economic Council and with the
participation of the National Economic Council’s Chinese experts.
Of the works in contemplation, the following may be noted :
1. Flood prevention and irrigation works on the Feng-ho in Shansi Province.
2. The Ho Tao (Yellow River) irrigation project.
3. Regulation and irrigation works on the Wei Ho in Shensi Province.
The above works will be started pending the completion of the survey.
For the permanent regulation of the main rivers in China, various projects, charts
and maps have been collected and brought to Europe by Mr. F. J. M. Bourdrez, the
National Economic Council’s adviser on hydraulic engineering, for consultation with
M. Omodeo, an eminent hydraulic engineering expert, as to the feasibility of these projects.
Plans have also been formulated to standardise surveying methods, both hydrometncal
and meteorological, which are an essential prerequisite to the formulation of any hydraulic
engineering project.
In order to explain more clearly the hydraulic engineering works of the National
Economic Council, the list on pages 64 and 65 has been prepared.