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THE CHINA

WATER SUPPLY

A new bill was accordingly in troduced into Legislative Council

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From Hong Kong to Shanghai

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1. Moji

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H.K.$120 165

190

210

230

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

SHINYO MARU

TAIYO MARU

Wednesday, 18th September. Wednesday, 16th October.

SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Poris.

SHIDZUOKA MARU

YOKOHAMA MARU

Monday, 9th September. Monday, 23rd September. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM' via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. HAKUSAN MARU (Calls. Hull) .... Saturday, Saturday, KITANO MARU SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

TANGO MAKU

AKI MARU

Wednesday, Friday.

7th September.. 21st September.

Wednesday, 25th September. Wednesday, 23rd October.

11th September. 27th September.

24th September.

ROMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Columbo,

SADO MARU

TUTTORI MARU

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,

Mexico & Panama. RAKUYO MARU

Tuesday,

SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports,

Tuesday, 21th September.

KANAGAWA MARU

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama

on August 13, 1902. The chief changes which it made in the law were:-

(1) The enforced use of มิ meter in every house connected with the waler service.

(Continued from Page 3.)

MAIL,

THE CADET SERVICE

PECUNIARY COMPETION OF

COLONIES

A BAD PRACTICE

provisions practically the whole of Victoria City below Kennedy- road, Caine-road and High-street, In their report, the Salary Com including East Point and Kennedy missions for Hong Kong atate: Town districts, has been brought eince the revision of salaries in within the definition of a rider-1920 the emoluments of the Cadet main district. Rider mains have Service have been determined by been laid, and water-services to mcana of a "time scale" in so far the houses in rider-main districts as the junior or Class II Officers are (2) The reddetion of the daily have been disconnected from the concerned, with five posts on a allowance of water per caput from principal mains and connected to higher scale of salary for senior or day to the rider-mains. Connections with Class I Officers in charge of the about twelve gallons a about five gullons a day

the principal maint are granted main Departments of Government. (3) The increase in the price only in cases in which special, The scales then fixed commenced of water to be supplied by meter sanction is given by the Governor-with a salary of £350 per annum from 25 cents to a

in-Council, sum not ex-

and with regard to for an Unpassed Cadet rising to ceeding $1 per thousand gallons. which the owners enter into an £375 on his passing his second

(4) The enforced disconnec-undertaking to pay for

"excess examination

in Chinese, usually tion of the existing water-service consumption."

after about one year's study, and to "tenement- The present methed of payment 2400 supply from

every

Þær annum on pussing his! house, ie, every domestic build- for water is as follows. A rate fourth and final examination after | ing let to and inhabited by more of 2 per cent on the assessed

1 further year. Thereafter his than ene occupier or family as

value of all premises, both on the salary rose by two zhnual incre- tenants of a common landlord or island and on the mainland, isments of £25 and fifteen annual in- sub-tenants of a tenant of any charged for water-services. Ir.

to £1,200 par domestic build consideration for the payment of annum with two "effigieney bars"! portion of such ing..

at 5000 and £900 per annum. ance" of water is granted. This Ave senior poats carried salaries of

calculated

$1,250 rising by annual increments of £25 to £1,500. from the number of thousand- gallon units which the 2 per cent. these salaries affecting the lower

40 cents a rate will pay for

Thus, if the 2 per cent. half of the time scale was unit.

were ter proved by the Secretary of State, rate on a given house

the "free allow- (Telegram of July 9, 1928) "su- dollars a year, ance" would be ten dollars dividect to review by.proposed Salaries Commission."- As from January 1, ed by 40 cents, Le.. 25 units. ie.,

If, how-1929, therefore, the inital salary of 25,000 gallons a year. ever.

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The two

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Chinese Dissent

Chinese members Legislative Council dissented from this bill also, and a petition was presented in August, 1902, by the Chinese inhabitants and firms of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, praying that the legislation just passed should be disallowed, now known "rider-main the

system." be should

introduced. The grounds upon which the Chinese objected to the new legislation were that the first three changes in the law,

above, as set out would entail

the upon classes inuch expense, trouble and inconvenience as regards their that there would water supply; be endless disputes between land lords and tenants as well as be- tween the tenants themselves who occupied different floors or partstricts are often restricted to a sup- difficulty

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31

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23

ap-

11

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&

as in the rider-main dis-an Unpassed Cadet became £375 per stricts, a house is not metered, the annum rising to £400 on passing his question of "free allowance" does second examination and to £440 on final examination in not arise; no charge for excess passing his

and the Chinese; thereafter rising by nine consumption is made, supply is unlimited so long as the annual increments of £40 and amount of water stored in our re-annual increments of £50 to £1,200 The two scales coin- per annum, servoirs permits, that is to BAY!

cide on and after the 12th year of usually for about six months in a

During the remaining six service at the salary of £200. year.

Suitable Recruits months, in time of water short- age; houses in the rider-main dis-

We understand that considerable has been experienced

of the same building, and also be-ply of two hours a day. While in latterly in obtaining anitable re-

time of severe drought such as cruits we have recently experienced, the Service.

in England for the Cadet In the Malayan Salaries

tween incoming and outgoing tenants: and further that by caus- ing the poorer classes of Chinese to use as little water as possible, cleanliness and sanitation would be greatly prejudiced. With res- pect to the fourth change in the law the petitioners prédicted that under its operation the water-ser-supplies from the street-fountains. ment vice of each and every tenement-

apply even from the rider-mains Commission Report (1920) atten- is shut off and the inhabitants tion is called to the difficulties ex- have to draw their water from perienced by the Malayan Govern- the street-fountains. In Kowloonment in obtaining recruits for its there are no rider-mains and all Cadet service and to the fact unmetered houses obtain their that the service under the Govern

house occupied by Chinese in the City of Vicloria would be sum- DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZI-marily cut off with a very small

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Monday, 23rd September.

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The Sai Kong (or the West River) of Hong Kong was being is the third largest river in the Chin- Excess Consumption

given clear preference over that of ese Republic and second only to the "Excess consumption" in metered Malaya presumably as the result of Yangtze in importance. This magni- premises is charged for at the better financial terms offered by the ficent trade route was opened to for

thousand former prices per

Government. In the last eign traffic in 1897, but how many two or three years this preference foreigners travel on this important

transferred to Malaya, waterway? 75 and it is now

The scenery along the the Government of route is beautiful. We recommend it Hong Kong which finds it difficult Peak District: $1.00.

to any person who wishes to spend a to obtain recruits for Waterboats, Wharves and Con- service.

its Cadetshort and economical holiday. Cadets Only two tractors in respect of their build-selected from the Candidates at the

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1926 examination although

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(b) unfiltered water-95 cents ed, and only two on the results of candidates to the Cadet Service of down in para. 19), and eleven fur- with the principle laid (Fanling $1.00) with no free at the 1927 lowance. No water rates are im

examination although Hong Kong. The efforts of Gov- ther increments of £50 to £1,400 posed in districts supplied with provision for four new cadets was ernment should, in our opinion, be per annum, with two efficiency bars unfiltered water.

the minimum directed to the provision of a reason- at £675 and £1,100 per annum. In A higher price

1928 gix appoint-able salary having regard to the Class I there are at is charged in because in that district the use result of the concessions granted by

the Peak District,

present 5 ments were made, probably, as a qualifications thought essential; posts and this number has remain- streets and that the house-ser-

of filtered water from the mains the revision of the time scale and Colonies and Protectorates

and the experience of British ed unaltered since October 1913. vices should be disconnected from

for flushing closets has been per the addition of the percentage in Africa and in East Africa proves officers and there

in West In that year there were 26 cadet the principal mains and conrect-

mitted. Accounts are rendered

are now 36, so ed to the rider-mains. In this

crease to salaries. does not

We have care conclusively that an ample supply of that we consider that an increase in way, the town would be divided quarterly and money

salaries paid reach the Treasury until some 4 fully considered the up into blocks of convenient size,

months after the first day of the Malaya, and have given careful at commend, therefore, that the initial number be increased to 7-

in the Cadet Services of Ceylon and competent officers is available under the number of Class I posts is justi

a system of selection. We re-fable. We recommend that the the water supply to which could be turned on and off independent-quarter brought to account.

(To Be Continued.)

tention to the consideration that the salary of an anpassed Cadet should officer is at present promoted to the ly and in rotation. Thus the oe-

Cadet Service of Hong Kong is be £450 per annum, rising to £475 Class and not to a particular post. eupants of tenement-houses would

small one, that Senior posts to per annum or passing his second We do not, therefore, think it neces- get a full supply, when the reser.

which its members can aspire are examination in Chinese, and to 4525 sary to specify which posts should voir storage warranted it, and the

not numerous, and that a cadet who on passing his final examination. be included among the 7 Class I ap- evils of the intermittent supply in

selects Hong Kong will in the great His salary should rise thereafter by pointments. time of drought would be mitigat-

majority of cases spend his official three ed,

A New Bill In 1902

IN THE SERVICE

INADEQUACY OF EXISTING SALARIES

LABOUR MARKET

The Secretary of State agreed with the petitioners. Approval of The report of the Salaries Commis- Ordinance No. 29 of 1902 was sion for Hong Kong appointed to con- withheld and a new bill was insider:-the adequacy of the salary troduced in this Council in July, 1903, providing for the laying of

rider-maina in areas which were

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