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Government House,
May,
Hongkong,
18th
1900.
Sir,
velosure. * Jany. 1900,
I have the honour to transmit for your consideration
the enclosed copy of a letter from the Director of Public Works
covering a report (with 3 plans) by Mr.L.Gibbs, lately Assistant
Engineer in the Public Works Department, on the subject of a
new water supply for Kowloon, and to request that you will
shies of report 4 lano.
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be good enough to obtain the opinion of Mr.Osbert Chadwick,
Consulting Engineer, upon the works recommended in the report
at an early a date as possible.
Mr.Cooper's report referred to by Mr.Gibbs was
forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in Sir
William Robinson's despatch No.238 of the 12th. of July,1899.
2. The extraordinary activity in building operations
at Kowloon both for domestic and industrial purposes render
it certain that the demands of a rapidly increasing population
will within the next two dry seasons be found to have exceeded
the existing water supply, which cannot be increased in the dry season beyond 300,000 gallons a day without undertaking
permanent works.
3. The provision of fire hydrants in the Peninsula is
also a necessity for the protection of life and property.
At present only the houses close to the water frontage
could
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEFI CHAMBERLAIN, M. P.,
&C.
&C.,
&Q..