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RE:
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to furnish us with a statement which would show clearly the precise information which would enable him to report
the causes which have led to this
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heavy expense, and on
the means by which it appears to him
that substantial economies
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may be effected, and Ienclose ? copeyes of the documents he has furnished. Until the further report is received it does not appear to us that the serious question raired by Sir Robert be usefully
Rawlinson can discussed
Ihave the honour to be, Sir Your Obedient Servant
hot omnem
Sir Robert Rawlinson to Crown Agents,
London
4th November 1885°
Hong Kong Water Works.
Gentlemen,
You will learn from the
enclosed, Report
on the Statement of
Mr. Price as to the progress and costs
of
the works that I desire fuller
details which ought to be easily
abstracted
from
pary-sheets,
the time books and
The cost of
the tunnel
is vastly in excess of that for any Similar work in this Country, and
I know of
no valid reason why this
of ne
Should be so.
$23.2.0 per lineal
yard is about $5.0.0
per
cube yard
A
price above the cost of hand drilling.
If returns of a more Satisfactory
character