Waterworks together with ~ six photographs.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
William Robing
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By Parcel Post
Enclosure No 451.
SLBO 295
Public Works Office (EP 17) Hong Kong, 3rd August, 1869.
Hong Kong Kowloon Waterworks.
Sir,
I have the honour to forward you the following description of the Kowloon Waterworks, accompanied by six photographs, and request that they be transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the information of the Colonial Office.
Description
Prior to the completion of the works about to be described, the inhabitants of that portion of territory known as British Kowloon were entirely dependent upon wells or streams in the immediate neighbourhood of their dwellings for their water supply. The rapidly-increasing population and the establishment and growth of industrial enterprises made it imperative that a supply should be introduced from sources less liable to contamination or to failure during the dry season.
Accordingly, in 1863, works were undertaken on lines which had been laid out by Mr.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary,
Osbert