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4. The number of meters in use in the City at the end of 1900 was 407 and 142 in the Hill District.
5. The quantity of water supplied by meters was—
Filtered, Trade
Unfiltered
Domestic Hill District
145,097,000
86,454,000
19,166,000
37,269,000
287,986,000
Total,..
6. The average consumption of filtered water per day in the City and Hill District was 3,505,630 gallons, which with an estimated population of 206,750 gives a daily consumption of 16·95 per head for all purposes.
7. There has been a steady increase in the consumption of the Hill District and it has been necessary to keep the steam-pumps working night and day.
Bonham Road Pumping Station extension (C.S.O. 8) was completed in November last and a new boiler installed. Unfortunately the old vertical boiler gave out on August 17th and this necessitated a stoppage in the supply to the Hill District for a period of 5 days while the new boiler was being conuected up, and the new boiler-house was in an uncompleted state.
The work was carried on as expeditiously as possible, gangs working day and night.
During this unavoidable stoppage, opportunity was taken for thoroughly overhauling the engine and pumps and it was found that the heavy work that had been necessarily put upou it for so many years had told severely upon it, and the follow- ing work had become necessary :—
1. New piston rods,
2. New valve rods,
3. No. 1 new piston to intermediate pressure cylinder,
4. New piston rings throughout,
5. New pump rods (air pump),
6. New pump plungers and levers (air pump).
7. New spindles to air pump valve and all main valves of engine to be faced up.
This work was put in hand at once and before the end of the year good progress was made.
Further investigation shewed that the only main to the Hill District from this station- -a 3" wrought iron main was in a very furred condition limiting its capacity to about 24" bore and consequently putting a lot of extra work on the already overworked engine.
Preparations were then made for duplicating this main and good progress was made in the preliminary work—cutting the trench, making anchors for the steep parts, &c.
8. The Bowen Road Motor House, C.S.O. 18, was nearly completed and in a sufficiently advanced state to lay down the new Motor and put in the rising main as far as Barker Road,
The Motor when ready for work will divide the Hill District into two parts: the oue supplied from the Bonham Road Station through the Peak Tank, the other from Bowen Road Motor House through a reservoir to be built on the summit of Mount Gough.
The High Level consumption has also increased and more work has fallen in consequence on the various pumping stations.
The new Motor at Bowen Road is fitted with pumps of two sizes-3" pumps for the reservoir to be constructed at Mount Gough and 5" pumps for another reservoir to serve the High Level.
The old tauk behind Belilios Terrace has now been done away with and a new tank built higher up the hill, West of the Glenealy ravine (C.S.O. 199) this reservoir was completed in November last.
Another reservoir has been commenced above the site for the proposed Military Hospital on Bowen Road (C.S.O. 13b6) and good progress was made with the excavation. This is the reservoir for the High Levels to be fed from the Bowen Road Motor.
Appendices D and E give details of the increased consumption in the Hill District and High Levels respectively.
9. During the year new services were constructed or old ones extended in 660 instances and in addition 183 services were inspected and connected to the maius.
10. The services of 1,988 houses were inspected during the year; 1,894 were found in order and 94 were defective. All defects were repaired after the usual notices hail been served.
KOWLOON.
B. 1.-During the year there was a total consumption of 101,094,000 gallons or an average consumption of 276,970 per day, which, with an estimated population of 28.250, gives an average of 9.8 gallons per head per day for all
purposes.
Details of supply are given in Appendix F.
2. It was not found necessary to resort to the intermittent system of supply during the year, but difficulty was expe- rienced in maintaining the supply to the higher levels of the Peninsula. This arose principally through the injury caused to the pumping machinery by sand carried in suspension by the water passing through the pumps and was largely attribu- table to the heavy rainfall in June, when 26.52 inches were registerol,
The repairs of one pumping engine have been completed and it is now capable of maintaining the full supply. It is hoped that the other engine will soon be in equally good condition.
3. At the end of the year there were 143 meters in use in Kowloon.
4. During the year 59 private services were constructed or repaired.
ABERDEEN.
C. 1.—A full supply was maintained to the Village during the your amounting to 4,384,000 gallons or an average of 12,011 gallons per day.
2. Particulars of consumption are given in Appendix G.