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P.W.E. Hongkong.
Item (ix). This was rendered necessary owing to the erection of buildings on Inland Lot 1942, Conduit Road.
Item (x). As the 6" sewer was found to be inadequate during rainstorms, it was taken up and replaced by a 9".
Item (xi). Owing to the construction of an underground trough closet at the west end of Wellington Street, it was found necessary to replace a length of 6" sewer in Bonham Strand with 9″ pipes.
Item (xii). This work consisted of an extension across the nullah to the lot on the west side where a number of houses are about to be erected.
Item (xiii). This work was necessary to intercept the sullage water from the quarters at No. 4 Pumping Station and convey it to the Kennedy Road sewer.
Item (xiv). Owing to the erection of houses on Inland Lot 1715, an extension of the sewer (6") and of the storm-water drain (9″) became necessary.
Item (xv). The erection of temporary quarters for the scavenging coolies employed by the Sanitary Department necessitated an extension of the sewer to the site occupied which is on the north side of Bridges Street.
Item (xvi). The sullage water from the houses on Rural Building Lots 67 and 68, which formerly discharged on the hillside, has now been intercepted and connected with the sewer in Coombe Road.
Item (xvii). This work was necessitated by the sale of a large lot on the west side of Tai Hang Village on which buildings have been erected.
Item (xviii). Building operations on the lot mentioned rendered this extension necessary. A great deal of rock was met with in excavating the trench for the sewer.
Item (xix). Further building operations on Rural Building Lot 2 rendered it necessary to extend the sewer. Half the cost of this work is to be defrayed by the lessee.
Item (xx). This extension was due to the laying-out of a new street between Wyndham Street and Zetland Street, on both sides of which houses have been erected.
Item (xxi). This work was carried out to meet the requirements of a block of flats in course of erection on Inland Lot 1929.
Item (xxii). In connection with the construction of Belchers Street across Marine Lot 239 as a public road and the erection of certain buildings on the lot, a 9" sewer was extended from Sands Street.