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wond Jon ob I .anob ed of row to erutan end to sonerongi
aad od tedd won noiniqʊ eman erit ablon IIIda ad recitere
yah on dauð di rot brow yn siad nao woy Isnaut erið nota
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yď know add ob od aldianoq ni di erstim beyolque el froW
vitab at fennyt erð nå beyolque quodal art .doarinos vitna
bbo galob Tot ehlatƉo agnan owt to ano sa Iiew aa tuoďal
.frow vab no oeis era máttœndomlƐ dne arsineqisð smo? .adot
.abisitxoi¬¤ add no xrow yab to tamoms ntatieo a al ersät
.fo@rinos viieq vɗ aeob al sale gniddyTOVË
-nu bna s‡ɗiseoqmi wod worse of nabro nï
ad blow møteva insattaqoll R*to* olidv¶ ent Isstmono00-
constant ne svig IIIw I moldownfanoð vawilaƉ Xetup to%
notoeziä sidaronof ent „vistal soljon ym tebnu emao dotɗe
diotao mrit mort aqiq s al yal of Moottebar atov sildut to
end to abia ditok eďt no #xrow Ienciat end of niarb Todav
na beolton bna yaq od IIId edt tog I smit sub ni
ja stia edt of aeqiq end to droganent adð rot ji ni msti
one cauf bel bonugt of $55*40 bel com. I mɩofe #axyuR 71
art tea bivoo I as soliq brabnate end bna doɑttoo saw aldi
.mod saq oa.dê xot snob frow
Xrow sat as facit rowens na Zoad bevisset I
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and ni atebnet tot fiso oj eldiesoq ton asw J1 Jaegru BAY
possible to put the cumbersome machinery of the Public
Works Department in motion even to make such a saving of
$480.
23.
If the cost of preparing tenders do. and
the delay necessitated thereby is so great in the case of
a small work such as the laying of a cast iron pipe line
a few hundred feet long, what must be the cost and the
time taken to ask for tenders for a work like the Kowloon
Water Works. A Railway could never be built under the
Public Works Department system.
24.
I hope this letter will show that the
system worked to by me under orders of the Colonial Office
at home is not quite so bad and uneconomical. When it is
understood that this system is almost universally used by
Governments and contractors, where coloured labour is
available and that the Hongkong Public Works Department
stands very nearly alone in its system, I hope that the
Government Engineers will try and learn something of the
system which I am sure would tend to cheapen work in the
Colony. The appointment of the Auditor sanctioned by His
Excellency will soon show how cheaply and quickly work can
be done under this system provided there is not too much
To sildw ddrow Idquodit don aaw ‡i aunt ⚫idiaroq
•Yow Vianibro
red tape.
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