for your information copy of a minute by the Encil. Director of Public Works
on
the subject of the Water_
in Kowloon and the
dupply in
Villages.
3rd March,
1898
I also enclose a list Encl. 2.
of Villages
with the popula
tion given in each case, which have not yet been provided with a water sup
ply, from which you
you will
very small
observe that only a very proportion of the inhabitants
9th March, 1898.
of this Colony
are
40
not sup-
plied from the reservoirs
by
either in or close to
pipes their houses.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
;
Your Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
M Guin
Administering the Governments
of