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a
difficulty of disposing of this refuse so as to prevent its being
a
cause of nuisance, wishes to
burn it, and for the effecting of this, purposes to establish Patented "Refuse Destructors" such as
in use
towns.
at
are
some inland English
It is also proposed to establish in conjunction with the Destructors Patented. Disinfecting Apparatus for bedding and clothing.
Hong Kong is
a small is land
having sex frontage round it,
and no open area
sufficient for
cultivation; the Chinese modes of
dealing with refuse
as manure
are not therefore, admissible
Sea close in shore where
becomes cause of
a
nuisance.
it
The weight of the refuse is
about
said to be eighty four tons per
day
ov
annum,
sary about 30,000 tons per
It is true that refuse, destructors
are in use in Manchester, and
in some other large inland towns in England but the costs
inconveniences
are
and
found to be so
great that, in sea port towns, Steamers and hopper barges used to receive and remove
are
the
solid refuse out of the rivers and
being
the
into deep water as cheapest mode of getting rid of
This is the
and at Dublin.
on
the Island.
it.
At present the refuse. collected and discharged into
is
the
Sea
case at Liverpool
In both these cities there are
means
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