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No. 3.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
At a Meeting held on the 22nd July, 1896.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Director of Public Works (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER). Chairman. the Acting Colonial Treasurer (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEREAD.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOs, C.M.G.
The Committee considered plans laid before them by the Director of Public Works for-
(a) The erection of Warders' Quarters, Victoria Gaol. Estimated cost, $25,000.
(b) The construction of Reservoir, Caretaker's Bungalow and Catchwater, Wongneichong Gap, Catchwater on the east side of Taitam Valley, and Service Reservoir at Victoria Peak. Estimated cost. $143,000.
It was unanimously agreed--
(a) That the proposed projects be approved.
(b) That the Committee recommends, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that the works referred to in paragraph No. 138 of the Director of Public Works' report on the Water Supply of the City of Victoria and Hill District be proceeded with at as early a date as practicable. Estimated cost, $260,000. Considered a project for providing Quarters for the Sanitary Board Inspectors in the Kowloon
Districts.
It was unanimously agreed that it was advisable to increase the house allowance to the luspectors if necessary to enable them to obtain suitable accommodation rather than erect Quarters at the public
expense.
The Committee then adjourned.
Laid before the Legislative Council this 5th day of August, 1896.
F. J. BADELEY, Acting Clerk of Councils.
FRANCIS A. COOPER,
Chairman.