notified;
presible; but the prente cause of mischief to the drainage here lately has accrued from the practice of discharging rubbish over the Sea wall and to this the attention of the Police has repeatedly been drawn, but as the "fine" is small the practice has not been abated in any degree that I can perceive,
and it is with the utmost difficulty I have been enabled to keep the drains free, as when the mouth of the drain is blocked up the deposit accumulates to such a degree that nothing but its removal by hand is of any avail, it being understood that there is an insufficient quantity of water passing through all the drains in the whole district.
There is no means at my disposal for flushing them persistently and it is only in the height of the rainy season that this is effectually done by the flood water.
Then whatever be the Malay appearance of the Town and whatever be the apparent defects in portions of its drainage it must not be placed to insufficient construction but to the causes enumerated above; and when there are recesses and the filthy surroundings of the Chinese are in some degree...