THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH APRIL, 1899.
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There are many houses in the hill district that will require to be dealt with, but it is proposed to deal with the more densely populated part of the city first where it is becoming more difficult to pick out imperfect drains.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Secretary,
SANITARY Board.
Table A.
(Drainage and Re-drainage.)
R. F. DRURY, Acting Sanitary Surveyor
No. of Houses
Year.
No. of Houses re-drained.
Plans of which
Total.
have been cancelled.
No. of Houses for which Plans have been received.
No. of Houses in hand.
1st Quarter,
123
131
Plans brought 2nd
forward from
56
62
5
1897.
3rd
69
49
118
"J
4th
117
30
147
12
365
93
458
590
132
1st Quarter,
7
77
146
:
2nd
11
11
127
J
Plans for
+
1898.
3rd
66
1
67
267
"
4th
319
3
322
198
22
403
407
738
331
Table B.
(Drainage and Re-drainage.)
No. of Houses
No. of Houses for
Year.
which Plaus have
been received.
No. of Houses drained, or re-drained.
No. of Houses
Plans of which
have been
cancelled.
carried forward each year.
No of New Houses
granted certificates.
1889,
799
573
226
175
1890,
500
529
190
409
1891,
681
643
30
198
475
1892,
693
577
106
203
228
1893,
847
699
104
252
219
1894,
878
555
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267
46
1895,
2,815
1,889
44
1,149
131
.. 1896,
1,786
2,128
84
1,023
425
1897,
803
1,201
35
590
400
1898,
738
768
97
463
367
Total,..
10,540
9,562
515
2,875
Table C.
(Repairs and Additions.)
Year.
No. of Houses for which notices have
been received.
No. of repairs completed.
No. of Houses notices for which have been
No. of repairs
in hand, at
cancelled.
end of each
year.
1897,
62
1st Quarter, 2nd
47
41
74
52
1898.
"
3rd
145
41
>>
4th
181
283
447
609
417
Total for 1895,
158
115
1896,
"
11
1897,
"
1898,
328
290
233
241
447
417
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