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No 2
RECT
C. O.
3791
(REU 31 JAN 14
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 7th. January, 1914.
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Sir,
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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your Despatch No. 343 of the 14th. November last forwarding a copy
of a letter from the Admiralty relative to the jurisdiction of the
Director of Public Works in matters of building and sanitation
executed by the Admiralty within the Naval Establishments.
2.
It appears from this letter that there has been
some misunderstanding as regards the purpose of the Director of
Public Works in making the enquiries to which the Naval Authorities
take exception. Owing to the inadequacy of the water storage
accommodation this Government is every year faced with the problem
of conserving the supply from one rainy season to another. It is
essential in the winter months that no more water shall be used
than is absolutely necessary, and among other economies it has been made the rule that water closets are not, except in very exception-
-al circumstances, to be flushed from the mains but are to be
supplied from wells or from streams running to waste.
3.
It was recently found that the Naval and Mili-
-tary Authorities had, unknown to this Government, made connections
with the mains within their boundaries for the purpose of flushing
a considerable number of water closets, and the Director of Public
Works was accordingly instructed to approach those Authorities in
order to ascertain whether some arrangement could be made for
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P..
&c.,
&C.,
&c...
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