and
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Eun T 2/1X
Midueas
Sham
(et your desire In Fiddian and
again
Examined and discussed
This ; but, I fear, the result is not very
Conclusive:
The proposals may
be grouped
under three heads
(a) for Suspension of the 10 city, districting Hongkong
(b) for combined depot and slaughter house
(c) for siting Kowloon
made a
All of them are regarded by H. H. Blake as being
less in the nature of plague preventives. Shall deal with
Each Separately.
(a) This matter is sufficiently explained in my previous minute. The financial aspect of the
matter is that
The according to the Govt, 1902 Estimates there will be an additional Expenditure of $3,600 + $5,500 = $9,100, But I fail to follow the figures given by
H. Blake
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(b) The depot
depot is now under the Sanitary Board and the slaughter house under
the
that of the Govt, which however leases it out; and it is now
not lo proposed Renew the lease but to put the depot and slaughter house under the Sanitary Board. The additional charge to the Govt for this staff will be, according to the Governor $5,280 - $1,692 = $3,588. But by some jugglery of charging one fee for the use of both depot and slaughter house, instead
as now a separate fee paid for use of depot to Sanitary Board and another for use of slaughter house to the Govt it is suggested that though the rent of the slaughter house is abandoned the result to the Govt will be the receipt of an additional $1000, which could, presumably, go towards mitigation of this additional Expenditure on the staff. [This is the nearest Scan get to the proposal]
By
a lease
(C) The Kowloon Staff would be strengthened by the addition of one inspector, foreman of Street cleansers and by raising the Salary of this Engineer and stoker. The additional cost would be $1344
$324
= $1668
To Sum
be
(a)
$9,100
(b)
$3,588
(c)
$1,668
the additional cost would be
$9,180 + $3588 + $1668 = $14,356
1.