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to record that the water tanks used for bringing the water to the Praya were generously placed at the disposal of Government free of cost by Mr. Crawford of the Firm of Lane, Crawford & Co, and that Captain Croad of the Steamer "Fushun" belonging to the China Merchants Company, hearing at Whampoa where lying, of the distress of the poor at Hongkong, filled water ballast tanks with fresh-water before returning here, and placed it at the free disposal of the Harbour Master by whom it was distributed.
Mr. Price estimates that the tunnel will be completed by November next year, but before next dry season the aqueduct from the city end of the tunnel will have been completed, and it will then be possible, in case of need arising, to intercept a number of small streams which it crosses on its way contouring the hills to Victoria, and these added together will make a sensible ...