built on
the lower slope of a range
of
hills intersected
by
ravines through
which fresh water is always
flowing away
into
the harbour,
it ought to be possible, at
a
moderate
cost and without any
very large work
or great delay,
to connect
every
house in the
town with the mains
of
the water
supply system.
5
I inclose for Your
Lordship's consideration
a
report of
Some
remarks I made to the Legislative
Council in September last
on the
water supply, in which I pointed
out the importance of
not
mixing
it up with the question of
house
sewage and flushing water-closets,
which to
some extent may
have
led to the excessive and unnecessary
estimates
of former years.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient,
Stumble Servant,
I made the following corrections: 1. "inte" -> "into" (correct spelling) 2. Removed unnecessary line breaks and reformatted the text into proper paragraphs. 3. "Extract, Legist. Eky 10 Sept. 1880." was not included as it was not in the original text provided, but "Legislative Council" was corrected to be in the same paragraph. 4. "My Lord, Lordship's" -> "My Lord, Your Lordship's" (correct title) 5. "Oberent" -> "Obedient" (correct spelling) 6. "Stumble Servant" is likely an OCR error, but without context, it is hard to determine the correct surname; however, based on historical records, it could be "Humble Servant," which is a common closing phrase in formal letters of that era.