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of the walls of the dam has (iii) the height
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consequently been increased from 65 feet to 95 feet, top-water level being
maintained at the same level as before. The capacity of the reservoir
has likewise been increased from 120 million to 310
million gallons.
(8). The estimated available supply has been increased from 890,000 to 1,875,000 gallons per day.
Before comparing the original and present estimates, it is well that I should lay before you
the figures showing the enormous increase in population which has occurred in Kowloon arising out of a development which has far exceeded all expectations, surely stating that the scheme is designed to supply the entire Peninsula, with the exception of a few small straggling villages, from Kowloon Bay in the East to Sham Shui Po in the West and will include the two populous places, which are situated in the New Territory.
According to the census of 1897, the civil population of British Kowloon numbered 27,154, to which
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