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the tower Shek-lai-pui valley. It requires no contingent works such as filterà or pumping plant; and, although not a part of the Sheng- mun scheme, it can be developed economically in connection with that scheme. Its cost is estimated at $600,000. Its construction was approved by resolution of this Council on the 24th January last.
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(a) Waterworks on Hong Kong island:
1. Pok-fu-lam reservoir and contingent works
$455,800
2. Tytam scheme ... 1,624,021 3. Wong-nai-chung re-
servoir, Howen Raad filters and contingent works
4. West
beda
Point filter-
5. Tytan intermediate
scheme
6. Tyłam-tuk scheme 7. Elliot filter-beds and service reservoir...
8. Pok-fu-lam pumping-
station
9. Eastern filter-beds
scheme Workshop and plant Bowen Road filter-. beds conversion ... Shau-ki-wan supply. Repulse Bay supply
Miscellaneous water works and minor ex- tensions to mains
1. Original
scheme
2. Kowloon
EXCHANGES
TO-DAY'S QUOTÀTIONS
On London
Bank, wire
1/11
Bank, on demand... 1/11 3/16 Bank, 30 days' 'ght
Bank, 4 months' sight 1/11 Credits, 4
46%
395;565 Credits, 60 days' aight 481⁄2
months'
sight
2/-/
}
Documentary 4 months'.
sight
27-
330.127 On demand
On Paris-
Credits, 4 months" 37,431 sight
1,040,058 On demand 3,016,049
71972
1272%
On Berlin-
On New York- On demand
On Bombay-
216,851 Wire
129%
On demand
12934
587,£62 On Calcutta-
47,969 Vire
12934
On demand
129
On Manila---- 758,821 On demand
144,890
On Singapore- $7,399 On demand 32,690
83%
On Shanghai- On demand 324,920 30 day's sight (private
....... 94
824
paper)
$8,000,016
On Yokohama-
(b) Waterworks on the main aland:
On demand
100
pumping
$ 125,612 Sovereigns
Gold Leaf, 100 fine
(per 'tael)
(Bank's
roservoir
buying rate)
10.30
Silver (per o%)
-24
267,598 Kong
3 dis.
44,752
Copper Cash
Nominal
28,175
Copper Cents
3 dis.
Rate of Native in-
476,087
ternat
.... 7% p.3.
water-
Chinese Sub, Coin .. 25% dis.
520,446
Hong Kong Sab. Coin Par.
102,527
LONDON EXCHANGES
2,826,490
London, Yesterday.
Faris
123.875
$5,651,550
New Lork
4.84%
Brussels
34.39
Genera
25.98
Amsterdam
$261,602
Milan
92.695
600,000
Berlin
20.365
Stockholm
18
Copenhagen Oslo
18.2150
18,205
Vienna
34.44
3
Prague
163
192
32.905
108.20
375
818
5%
47 7/32
1/57%
and gravitation ⚫ scheme
I have now described all the works already sanctioned and at- tually in progress. But there are further watorworks, which we are anxious to take in hand as soon as the schemes for them have been worked out in detail and estimates of their cost prepared. We hope with as little delay as possible to begin the construction of a dam in the Sheng-mun gorge. Its site has already been located, arid it is 10. roughly calculated that the reser-11. voir so formed, will impound be- tween 1,000 and 1,500 million gal-12, lons according to the height of the 13. dam. I shall be prepared to put 14. Distribution works. this scheme before you and invite 15. you to approve it as soon as re- liable estimates of its cost are available. Moreover, it is possible that further examination of the Sheng-mun valley may indicate the advisability of constructing second storage reservoir higher up the stream than the site in the gorge; but the best location of the ¡dam for this second reservoir has not yet been determined. It is also very likely that this Council will be invited before long to approve the construction of catchwaters running along the whole southern Face of Tai-mo-shan and discharg- ing through Pineapple Pass into the Sheng-mun gorge reservoir, for it is estimated that an additional catchment area of 2,575 acres would thus be obtained. But the schemes known as the second, third and fourth sections of the Sheng- mun valley waterworks are still in a very rough and inchoate form, though it is safe to predict that in the near future the Hong Kong Government will have to spend about ten million dollars upon waterworks construction additional to that already sanctioned and now in progress. When this has been done, and if the pipeline across the bed of the harbour proves to be a success, the requirements both of Hong Kong island and of Old and New Kowloon should for a time be adequately supplied.
Salt Water
The possibility of using salt. water for fire fighting, for road watering and for flushing sewers has been carefully investigated. It is computed that the quantity of water used for fire fighting has never in this Colony exceeded one million gallons a year; and the amount used for road watering and cleansing side-channels is estimat- ed at 6 million gallons a year. This demand can be adequately met in years of normal rainfall by the use of water from the nullahs and In times of drought salt water can be used, when necessary, in streets
3. Shek-lai-pui reservoir
4. Ean-ling water-
supply
5. Tai-po water-supply 6. Distribution works 7. Lai-chi-kok
boat dock
8. Miscellaneous water-
works
9. Sheng-mun water-
works to 30/6/29
1,659,863 BR Silver in Hong
(c) Waterworks authorized and under construction :——
1. Harbour pipe - line
scheme
2. Kowloon
reservoir
bye-wash
3. Aberdeen scheme 2,702,000
$3,663,602 The grand total is, therefore,
Úpon this sum $18,214,168. charge of 2 per cent. per annum for depreciation and maintenance, plus" 6 per cent. per annum as interest on capital outlay, would amount to $1,457,138 per annum. There must be added to this figure the annually recurrent waterworks expenditure of this Government which, neglect- ing special storm damage and ex- clusive of upkeep of office and ex- penditure met from general votes, was in 1928 as follows:- Maintenance
votes,
Hong Kong isand ..$296,434.47 Maintenance votes,
mainland
82.957.82 131,454.00
Salaries of staff
$510,846.29
On the basis of this calculation
adjacent to the sea. For flushing a total sum of $1,967,979 per a closets and sewers the majority of num would have to be collected as buildings now obtain their supplies revenue by this Government, in from wells and nullahs; and at the order to pay for the cost of its present time only 88 million gallons waterworks. In point of fact, how a year are drawn from the storage ever, the income of this Government reservoirs for this purpose. The from waterworks during 1928 was total annual demand for these three as follows services is, therefore, less than 100 million gallons and does not war. rant the installation of an elaborate and expensive system of piped sea water laid on throughout the city. But the whole question of the de- velopment of our aullah supplies to their utmost capacity is now re
ceiving the attention of the Public
Works Department.
Government's Aim
2% rating tax .$ 507,672.03 Excess water charges
and meter rents... 768,898.60
$1,336,571.63
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·PO LEUNG KUK
REPORT ON LAST YEAR'S WORK
KIDNAPPING FEMALES
The Report, on the work of the Po Leung Kuk for 1928, published by the Serretary for Chinese Affairs, states that the Po Leung Kuk So- ciety was founded in 1878 to aid In the detection and suppression "of kidnapping, especially of girls and The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of women, and to shelter such girls or tenber 6 (Fr.) at 2 p.m., left Shang- the interior and brought to Hong- Asia" arrived at Shanghai on Sep-women as had been kidnapped in hai on September 7 (Sat.) at 11 a.th...
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BANK NOTES
LOCAL CIRCULATION AND RESERVE
Returns of the average amount of Bank Notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hong Kong, during the month ended August by the 31, 1929, as certified Managers of the respective Banks are as follow:
Banks
Chartered Bank
of India
Australia and
China
Average Specie Amount. In Reserve,
Gha ... $15,131,314 86,300,000*
Hong Kong and
Shanghai
Banking Cor- poration Mercantile
Bank of In dia, Ltd.
46,954,290 34,000,000†
*660,000$ 1,877,297
Total $63,963,201 40,960,000 In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,255,700. +In addition, Securities deposit- ed with the Crown Agents and Straita Government valued at $2,990,442.
In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £180,000.
The following statements of the
and is due at Nagasaki on September Kong for sale or emigration Its She leaves name means "institution for the 8 (Sun) at 2:30 p.m.
The Nagasaki on September 9 (Mon.) at protection of good womer.".
initiative in its formation came The E. & A. s.5. "St. Albans" left Manita for this porta on September from the Chinese themselves, and 6 at midnight with the outward Aus-ever since by subscription and per- tralian Mails, and is due here on sonal service, they have continued September 9, a.m.
to support it.
There is a paid Chinese staff. matron, amahs and nurses, and two clerks who are secretaries to the rider-mains. Instead we should re-managing committee. This Com- A Prediction
quire all houses connected with the mittee meets every evening from Therefore, upon | this estimate,
the at 7 p.m. our revenue from waterworks ister-mains to instal meters, and Monday to Friday $631,40% less than it should be their metered supplies in accord held at 12 noon on Sunday. It not the consumers of water to pay for principal meeting of the week being Moreover, as I have already saldance with a sliding scale, which only manages the Po Leung Kuk, it is safe to predict that the Hong would be comparatively low for the but acts as an advisory committee The aim of this Government is Kong Government will have to first few gallors a day, but steadily to to give every house connected with spend a further sum of about ten increase for each gallon thereafter, family life generally, which are the Secretary for Chinese the waterworks, both en Hong Kong million dollars upon waterworks in order to check excess consump- often island and on the mainland, a full construction additional to that ation. It would also be desirable tedious. extremely difficult and securities ledged with the Crown It corresponds when Agents by the Mercantile Bank of supply of filtered water throughout ready sanctioned and now in pro-that water accounts should be rea- necessary with charitable institue India, Limited, against their notes. the year. This should become pos-gress. It is also quite certain that dered monthly, and not quarterly tions and private persons in various in chculation, is published for gen- sible in 1922, when the first section annually recurrent maintenance, ex-
eral information under Section 5 of of the Sheng-mun scheme, the Kow-penditure both on the island and would, of course, involve a certain lost children or ill-treated mul
Such a change parts of China, traces parents of the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Or loon Byewash reservoir and the pew, the mainland will Increase and that amount of extra work both at the tsal, and shelters for the night any 1911
dinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 65 of Aberdeen reservoir will we hope, in future years the salaries of the Treasury and in the Waterworks Chinese woman or girl who chooses
Latest all have been completed; for the waterworks staff will cost us more office. But the advantages quite to go. When parents or relations capacity of the existing waterworks Auming then that our total capir outweigh this objection With cannot be traced, the Committee ar on the island, amely 75 million tar outlay on waterworks will be monthly accounts, high consump ranges for the girls. in its care-to- gallons a day, will then be increasford very long amount to 28 million tien is at once forcibly brought to be given in marriage (never as con- ed by 31⁄2 million gallon day dollars and that our annually the notice of consumers; from Sheng-mun and 2:12 million current waterworks expenditure chances of bad debts or fraud are under bond and always with the the cubines), or is adoption, always gallons a day from Aberdeen. The when that time comes, may be (ay) much diminished and a large sum consent of this office, and in every maximum rate of suppl to the $760,000, then on the basis aboys of money is brought into the case this office ascertains the girls and girls were restored to husbands island would, therefore, amount to indicated we should have to collect Treasury several months earlier willingnbge before giving consent or other relatives, 40 were sent to 12.87 million gallon a day for an annual revenue of just three mil than under the quarterly account to either adoption or marriage. In charitable institutions in China, 4 demand which, according to the lion dollars, in order to make our estimate of Mr. R. M. Henderson, waterworks, not remunerative, but
addition to the annual Committee were given in adoption. 2 married, our Waterworks Engineer, may in self-supporting.
Fall Supply for AIL appointed by co-option there is a 241 released. (10 released under that year be as much as 11.6 mil There is another consideration It is evident, gentlemen, that we Permanent Committee, which serves bond), 6 sent to Convent or Refuge lion gallons a day (5.P. No. 4/1928, which must be carefully weighted ought soon to reconsider both the to maintain continuity of policy, and died. The number of inmates page 5). When we are thus a little I have said that it is the aim of methods by which we raise our and of which the Secretary for remaining in the Kuk on December ahead of the daily demand, and not the Hong Kong Government to give waterworks revenue and also the Chinese Affairs is the ex-officio 31st was 61. The Institution was visited monthly by Justices of the lagging behind the requirements of every house connected with the rates which we charge. But I am chairman,
Peace, Messrs. A. G. Coppin and
as at present.
system
547%
Security Amount mkt. price.
Treasury
Bonds герау- able at 100 in
1930
..£180,000 99%-100%
our population in the matter of waterworks, both on the island and reluctant to move in this matter The number of inmates of the water supply, we ought to be able on the mainland, a full supply of until the waterworks now under Po-Leung Kuk, on January 1, 1928, Dr. W. Tso, who on no occasion to abolish ti rider mains and give filtered water throughout the year, constraction have advanced to the was 61 and during the year 622 per found cause for adverse comment. a metered service throughout Vic. But, if this is to be done, it is stage at which we can give Hong sons were admitted as against 502 The average monthly number of in- toria City, the cost of water being clearly necessary to take steps to Kong island and the mainland a full in 1927. The circumstances of admate was 52. The matron reports paid for in proportion to the impress upon all householders and supply throughout the year, instead mission and the action taken in re-favourably on the conduct, health amount consumed and a price com realdents in the Colony the civic of the intermittent supply which gard to them are set out in Table and industry of the inmates during the year! There were 50 cases of mensurate with the Colony's astlay duty of conserving, and not wast has been only too common during A on waterworks.
go fng, water. I can think of no bet recent years. No motion, on this Forty-two women and girls were sickness of which 27 were sent to Finance
ter way of doing this than to make subject will, therefore, be brought admitted under warrant and 600 the Tung Wah Hospital for treat- So I come to the question of all who consume water pay by before you in connection, with next were admitted without warrantment and of these 4 died. Lady waterworks finance. The capital mater for what they consume, It year's budget. But it is more than Of the remainder 31 were lost Chow and Mrs. KH. Kotewall, (the outlay of this Government on that is to be our policy, then the likely that when the budget for children, 15 were accompanied by wives of the two Chinese Members. waterworks from the date when the so-called "free allowance would 1981 is under consideration, you parents or guardians, and 3 were of the Legislative Council) con- first storage scheme at Pok-ft-lam have to be abolished. We should will be invited to give the question maid-servente or "muf-tsal who tinued to undertake the duty of re- was begun down to the present time also have to abolish the 2 per cent of waterworks finance your special had left their masters or mistresses. gular monthly visits of inspection is as follow
water rate: sad, of course, the attention.
On leaving the Kuk 275 women during the year.
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