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a full Report upon which, with Plans, Estimate and Specification, has been transmitted with my Despatch - 10035 of 27th July ultimo - It is unnecessary therefore for me to allude to it further, as the Report simply embodies the information previously sent and is forwarded in the usual form for sanction.
3. Report and Estimate No 2 is for the proposed Sanitary Improvements to Taipingshan - This District is inhabited by the lowest class of Chinese, who in the words of the Fever Commission Report sent in by the Medical Officer in April last live in very many cases - Pigs, Poultry, Dogs, Men, Women, and Children together in the same damp, small, dark unventilated Rooms.
4. The most effectual way of remedying the evil would be for the Government to resume the whole of the Land, pull down all the Houses, re-arrange the whole District on a defined Plan and thoroughly drain all the Streets - The Value of the Land alone however might be roughly estimated at $1,000,000 or more than the estimated Revenues for the ensuing year, and this does not include compensation for the