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least 3 years to execute. I do not propose that they should
be put in hand before 1907. By that year as you will see from
the enclosed table, which gives a forecast of expenditure on
the larger Public Works now in hand, the Tytan Tuk Waterworks,
1st. Section, and the Kowloon Waterworks will have been com-
pleted. If it is found possible to provide on the Estimates
for 1907 a considerable sum, say $500,000, and if there is reasonable prospect of being able to make similar provision
on the Estimates for subsequent years I should prefer to spend
six years over the work and pay for it from revenue rather
than to raise a loan with the object of getting it finished in less time. The completion of the high level reservoir will
make the construction of the one which forms the subject of
the present Despatch less urgent than it would otherwise have
been.
8.
I have now the honour to request that the
report of Mr. Chadwick, the Consulting Engineer, may be obtain-
ed on the scheme as set forth in the enclosures to this Deg-
patch.
I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,
M. Talian
Governor, &c..
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