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8. into effect the works enumerated in the preceding paragraphs, as well as the maintenance of the existing water works, will thus have its hands full for many years to come. I have considered and discussed with the Director of Public Works and the Executive Engineer in charge of this sub-department the possibility of separating the construction and maintenance branches of this work but I am satisfied that for several reasons it is better not to do so. I propose therefore that it should be retained as at present but that it should be placed under a head who will be responsible both for construction and for maintenance, the administration of the ordinance remaining in the hands of the Director of Public Works as Water Authority, and the collection of revenue in the hands of the Treasurer as at present.
The Executive Engineer in charge of the water
The sub-department responsible for carrying
9.
works sub-department is Mr. R. M. Henderson, who joined the department in 1912. He was resident engineer in charge of the Taitam Tuk Scheme under Mr. Jaffe from April 1913 until ite completion in 1917, and has since continued to supervise the water works of the Colony. He is an able and hard- working officer, who has possessed the complete confidence of the Directors under whom he has worked, Er. Chatham, Mr. Perkins and Mr. Creasy. He was largely responsible for the inception of the Shing Mun Scheme, end the plans have been prepared under his personal supervision. I recommend that the water works department with its increased responsibilit- ies should be placed under his charge with the title of "Water Engineer", and a staff of sufficient size to cope with the developments foreshadowed in paragraphs 6 and 7,
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The responsibilities of the officer in charge
of drainage have increased considerably during the last few years on account of the general development of building both in Victoria and Kowloon. In Victoria the storm water drains
constructed
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