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sir,
ENCLOSURE
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C.U.
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Rec?
&
BP 20 NOV 16
Public Works Office.
Hong-Kong, 19th. October, 1898.
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With reference to the enquiry contained in
C.0.D.No.239 of 1898,I have the honour to submit the follow-
ing statement.
2. I desire, in the first place, to express my
regret that any portion of my former letter should have ap-
peared to imply dissatisfaction and to state that I had no
intention of conveying that I would only undertake the work
provided I was given extra pay. I trust that I have always been
found ready and willing to perform any duties which devolved
upon me from any cause.
3. The extra work performed by me in connection
with the Praya Reclamation includes the general administrati-
on and superintendence of the work. Details of construction,
the arrangement of sewers, storm-water drains, gas and water
mains,levels of existing streets and properties affected by
the work, preparation of contracts, procuring of materials, main-
tenance of plant and other matters involved in a work of this
nature are all referred to me. If the matters are of sufficient
The Hon. R. D.ORMSBY,
Director of Public Works.
importance