C
No.119.
Hongkong.
In 207
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381 22.041
Closure 1.
27th January, 1904.
Government House, Hongkong, 17th March, 1904.
Sir,
I have the honour to transmit for your consideration the annexed copy of a letter from the Director of Public Works, with enclosure, relating to a proposal to increase the length of the catchwater for the Kowloon Waterworks.
2.
It was originally estimated that, by constructing a catchwater, the drainage from an area of 400 acres could be intercepted, the length of the catchwater being estimated at 2 miles. From plans which have since become available, as the result of the surveys of the New Territory, it is found that by increasing its length to five miles the drainage from a much larger area might be intercepted, amounting probably to 1,000 acres in all. The cost of the work as originally designed was estimated at $40,000. If the third scheme outlined in Messrs. Denison, Ram, and Gibbs' letter be adopted the cost is estimated at $120,000, or $80,000 additional, the expenditure of which would be spread over the three years 1904 to 1906. In my opinion the scheme is one which will amply repay this large outlay, especially when it is remembered that in the not remote future it would almost certainly be necessary...
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,
&c.,
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