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regulate the supply of Water in the Colony of Hongkong and for the maintenance repair of the works and in connection therewith, entitled "The Waterworks Ordinance 1890."
I also forward a report on the Ordinance by the Acting Attorney General.
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The draft Bill was very carefully considered by the Resident Engineer, Mr. Chadwick, C.E.M.G., as well as by the Sanitary Board before being submitted to the Legislature. After being read a second time in the Legislative Council, the Bill was referred to a special Committee, some of the members of which were of opinion that the water authority should be under the supervision of the Sanitary Board, while others expressed the opinion that