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the connection with the houses increased the constant supply gradually tended to intermitting notwithstanding a large increase In fact in the reservoir capacity and pumping arrangements.
a constant supply could not always be maintained during the hot season even when the quantity of water reached no less than 40 gallons per person daily which is at least 3 times that now obtained by the people of Hongkong. It is very improbable that Hongkong will have a different experience when the reservoirs and gathering grounds are enlarged unless some arrangements are made to prevent wastage.
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The arrangements proposed by Mr Chadwick and embodied in the ordinance objected to are
(a) The continuance of existing connections inside the houses on each floor with the addition of meters for controlling the wastage and an inspectorial staff for meters and fittings.
(b) The discontinuance of existing connections when meters are objected to or excess of consumption of water unpaid for and substitution of a street hydrant system as already exists in Kowloon.
The object in view viz. a constant and ample supply of water would probably be obtained by the proposed arrangement and it was for this purpose I understand, that the ordinance was drawn up providing for meters and for the option of the owner of the house as to which system he would have for his house depending on his willingness to pay or not. It is feared by the petitioners that the ordinance will involve hardship on the Chinese community.
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The alternative proposal to meters would have scarcely been considered a great inconvenience if the inhabitants of Victoria were not already accustomed to a system by which they obtain