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Mr. J. F. BOULTON, Executive Engineer, was appointed Acting Assistant Director of Public Works on the 4th July.
Mr. A. H. HOLLINGSWORTH, Assistant Engineer, was promoted to be an Ex- ecutive Engineer in succession to Mr. J. R. CROOK, who left during 1900 to take up an appointment in Gibraltar.
99. Public Works Commission.-The Commission, after holding 10 meetings in all and examining a number of the leading Architects and Engineers in private practice in the Colony, as well as all the Senior Officers and Overseers of the De- partment, submitted its report on the 29th March. The following additions to the Staff were recommended:
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2 Executive Engineers.
1 Assistant Engineer.
5 Overseers, 2 of whom were for the supervision of work
under the Buildings Ordinance.
1 Clerk to supervise Water-works accounts.
The only recommendations carried into practical effect by the close of the year were the appointment of one of the overseers for the supervision of the Government system of telephones and of the two oversees for Buildings Ordinance work. The latter, however, had not arrived in the Colony.
100. Visit of the Sanitary Experts.-Mr. OSBERT CHADWICK, C.M.G., who was more immediately concerned with the operations of the Department than his colleague, Professor SIMPSON, arrived in the Colony on the 28th February, and left again on the 14th May. During his visit, he went thoroughly into the questi- on of the Water Supply, both of Hongkong and Kowloon, making inspections of all the existing works and of those in progress and examining into possible future sources of supply. He also dealt with the Sewerage and Drainage Systems, making numerous inspections of the existing works. The results of his investiga- tions are contained in the following reports:-
The Sanitation of Hongkong, 10th April, 1902.
The Water Supply of Hongkong, mainly with regard to the full development of the supply from the Tytam Tuk Valley, 18th April, 1902.
The Sewerage and Drainage of Hongkong, 13th May, 1902.
Mr. CHADWICK also prepared, in collaboration with Professor SIMPSON, a report on the Question of the Housing of the Population of Hongkong; assisted in the preparation of a new Buildings Ordinance; and drew up a memorandum containing suggestions as to the carrying out of the Kowloon Water-works Scheme.
Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Executive Engineer, and Mr. XAVIER, Assistant Engineer, were detailed to supply Mr. CHADWICK with the information he required. The ser- vices of the clerical and drawing office staff were also largely called upon in con- nection with the copying of reports and the preparation of the numerous illustra- tions in the report on the Housing of the Population.
W. CHATHAM, M.I.C.E.,
Director of Public Works.