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It will be gathered from the foregoing remarks that very considerable works have been carried out during the past 5 years for improving and extending the water supply of the City and Hill District but that the addition of Storage Reservoirs has been allowed to lag behind somewhat. The principal causes of this have, I think, been the pressure of other necessary public works and the inadequacy of the staff to undertake more. It can safely be asserted, at all events, that the existing staff has been kept fully employed in connection with the works which have been carried out during recent
years.
I append a tabular statement of Mr. Cooper's recommendations with notes as to what has been done towards carrying them out.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
E. D. C. WOLFE, Esq.,
Secretary to the Public Works Commission.
Page.
W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works.
CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATERWORKS.
Tabular Statement of Works referred to in Mr. Cooper's Report, dated 9th May, 1896,
with notes as to whether they have been carried out or not.
Description of Work.
Remarks.
Raising Tytam Dam 10 feet,
Catchwater to East of Tytam Reservoir,......
New Mains in Caine, Robinson and Bonham
Roads,
Repairs to No. 2 Tank,
Peak Service Reservoir,
Improvement of Pokfulam Conduit,
Catchwater West of Tytam Valley,
11
11
14
14
15
17
17
17
17
Filter Beds and Service Reservoirs below
Bowen Road,
18
19
19
19
99
"
"
21
2.5
20
No. 2.......
No. 3.......
"
Reservoir and Catchwater Wongneich'ung
Gap,..........
Reservoir below Pokfulam Reservoir, main
to City and new Filter Beds,
Raising existing Dam at Pokfulam,
Reservoir in Tytam Valley-Site No. 1.....
Reservoirs below Tytam Dam-Sites No. 4
and 5,
Completed early in 1897.
Do.
Do.
Not carried out yet. Tank disused meanwhile.
Completed in December, 1897.
Not carried out yet.
Completed in December, 1897.
Completed in April, 1899.
Completed in 1898.
Not carried out yet.
Do.
Not carried out yet. Plans in course of pre-
paration:
Not carried out yet. Plans in course of pre-
paration.
In progress.
Not carried out yet. These reservoirs involve pumping and are merely referred to by Mr. Cooper as possible sources of Water Supply-vide para. 167.