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Wong-nei-chong reervoir to the site. Cost about 8304,000 (D. F. 7. 'a minute of 14.3.12.)
3. Form a catchment drain across the face of the hill known as Jardine's look-out above the site drain- -ing both ways to the centre into a main drain running across the site, and thence down a brained nullah in the Soo-kum-poo Valley outside the Cemetery area. Pera- -¿raph 9(a) of pamphlet. Cost $40,000.
4. Public Lighting by Cus or Electricity $15,000.
JEDI
to Government.
Hoad (1)..
.$55,000
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Vater Supply (2)......................... 30,000 Drains &c. (3)............................. 40,000
Public Lighting (4)................ 10,000
Less sale of land..
$140,000 22,000
Total....
or say.
./117.500 ./120,000.
ual Revenue.
Crown Rent: 8100 an acre on 45 acres.
Balance from rates and taxes after deducting expenses of scavenging and repairs to road and nullahs.
..84,500
1,500
26,000
ints for con- sideration.
or a return of five per cent. on the capital expendi -
-ture.
This sum of X120,000 is not, in my opinion, more than the Covernment should advance in support of a
scheme,
which is intended to benefit a large and desery. -ing section of the population of the Colony.
C. The following points should be consider d in
coming to a decision.
1. If the scheme of the promoters is not carried out (and it has been zugested that the Portuguese Community will not go and live on the proposed site) the Covernment will have a fine pite with access over
a good road, which could either be sold by auction as
building