Examples of sea defence

• These figures include expenditure on both coast protection and sea defence.

• The constitution and appointment of coast protection boards and joint committees are essential if sea defence work is to be co-ordinated.

• The shingle, itself a vital sea defence, is constantly moving and drifting away.

• They impose a burden on these local authorities which diverts large sums of money from progressive developments in their towns to sea defence.

• This includes recommendations for the reorganisation of responsibilities for coast protection and sea defence.

• The future administration of sea defence, at present the responsibility of the river authorities, is under discussion.

• The point is put forward as to how authorities stand in regard to the security for loans raised for the purpose of sea defence.

• In this vital matter of sea defence an island people like ourselves are bound to consider every contingency.