DUPLICATE COPY.
The Crown Agents for the Colonies,
↳ Millbank,
Westminster, S.W.1.
sirs,
B. 254/12.
HONG KONG water.
SIR ALEX BINNIE, SON &
DEACON,
CHARTERED Civil EngineERS.
ARTILLER" HOUSE,
ARTILLERY ROW.
WESTMINSTER, 5. V. 1.
1st April 1931.
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By your letter E.254/12 of the 13th October 1930
we were requested to arrange for our partner, Mr. Gourley,
to visit the Colony with a view to his making a general
inspection and examination of the Shing Mun Scheme, inspection
of dam sites, and to report and advise on the general scheme.
Mr. Gourley arrived in Hong Kong on January 9th
last and left on the 31st. During this time he inspected
the whole of the existing sources of supply, and the exten-
sions in progress on both the Island and the Mainland: the
area of supply was examined, also the Shing Fun Valley and
the country adjacent thereto which will serve as the collect-
ing ground for catchwater extensions of the Shing Mun Scheme.
In addition to his visits of inspection, Mr.
Gourley has been furnished by Mr. Hender on and other officers
of the Waterworks Department, with all the statistical and
other information for which he has asked.
We have pleasure in reporting as follows:-
ISLAND RESOURCES.
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There are six impounding reservoirs with a gross