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The rain caused much of the woodwork to decay; cement has fallen down in two or three places, and I fear it will be necessary to reconstruct all that portion of the defective part. I have, however, delayed making a full report of the particular circumstances and the necessary expense of the repairs until I have made further examinations of the effects produced on these parts, the sufficiency of which not having been ascertained, until I have made some progress, the rain having fallen to show what I require.
In the Lower Bazaar, much of the year was occupied in superintending the erection of houses after the fire, and much time in the early part of the year was occupied in instilling into the Chinese the great advantage to be derived from a more careful manner of erecting their houses — the prevention of the contact of timbers, and the benefit that would accrue to them in future years by the substitution of stone in place of wood so plentifully used, the erection of arches and other means of supporting floors or walls. Although they appear to have been fully alive to these circumstances, they would not carry them into effect. They were in such a hurry to finish the dwellings that it was with the utmost difficulty I could compel them to build as directed, particularly with solid walls; indeed, several that had to be pulled down, and throughout the whole district every means was tried to deceive me, and sham work — which certainly it was more to their advantage than to mine to have properly constructed — was substituted.
The want of money, jealousies, and other matters have delayed the construction of the proposed Strand Road, so very essential a feature in the new plan of the district.
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caused, much of the wood work to decay, cement has fallen down in tive or three - places and I fear it will be necessary to reconstruct all that portion of the defective part; I have however delayed making
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future years by the substitution of stone ins place of wood so plentifully used, the erection of arches and other means of supporting flors or walls, that although they appear to have been fully alive to these circumstan- -ces, they would not carry
carry them into effect. were in such a hurry to finish the dwellings, that it was with the utmost difficulty I could compel them to build as directed, particularly with solid walls; indeed, several thad summerity to pull down, and
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other matters
"feature in the new plan of the district, as
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