value of the houses, the letting of which
pays
the Crown tenants
20 per cent on
Cost
of
on an average
their outlay, and the
the Works which would have
to be undertaken. Moreover, it is unlikely that the enhanced value of the property would cover the
Sum
which would have to be
expended, such a proposition is therefore out of the
question.
5. The Plan accompanying the Report and Estimate shows
the drains which actually exist, The Surveyor General reports that as a rule they are insufficiently large but require alteration and
this
is provided for,
also
very
considerable extensions of the drainage
to place every
house in Taipingshan
within 75 feet of
a drain.
Entrance to a
6. This proposed further to induce cleanliness in the streets by paving with granite, Stone is procurable
in
large quantities that
the cost will be comparatively small,
When once
laid the cost
of repairs will be almost nominal, whereas
at present on account of the
steepness of the Gradients the Surface of the Roads becomes injured frequently during heavy falls of