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for the whole City not only for... cases of fire but for the daily. consumption of the inhabitants, in the winter after a drought of tovo or three months the springs.

slmost fail; several arr

several arrangemente might be made with this object, but it is a question for consideration and of considerable expense if it is to be generally effective there can be doubt that the want of water is very great and this want is - increasing daily with the increasing population; the

expenditure under this head has amounted to £34. 18.8.

The increase of population rendered souse - further services then those usually performed by convict labour essential in the cleansing

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of certain districts of the City, the chinese are proverbially of dirty

habite, and without consideration

throw represe, offal purd any rubbish

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houses into the streets, or on vacant

areas, and on the crust into the sea;

this accordingly became a nuisance and it was impossible to keep the

streets clean and execute other

Services

mecessary

rices by convict labour; it was therefore arranged

to build

rubbish depots in convenient sites

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compel the inhabitants to discharge refuse matter therein and at the same time form.

time form a contract. for the daily cleansing thereof is this has been in operation for some mouths and is specially the duty

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