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the work is performed, at the beginnings the greater will be the saving in the end. £360 for the reports of the Arcsotes and Drains, here, in Hongkong, is a moderate sum, considering the date some are in, and the little assistance, if any, that is afforded by Convict labor, notwithstanding the enlarged State of the prisons!

76. The planting of Trees, so desirable, it is estimated will cost £100, a sum which will be well laid out if proper trees can be procured, and, what is more, if they can be protected from the cruel injury done to them by ragamuffin vagabonds and the cattle permitted to run about.

77. The next heavy increase in the Estimate is that under Public Works and Buildings; all and every one of the items estimated for seem not only most desirable, but also useful, and required for the good and interest of the colony.

78. "The erection of a Police Station with accommodation for the Police, will tend to reduce the future Estimates, under the head of Rent by £250, besides giving a well-suited Building.

79. The Tanks in Causeway Bay have already been too long delayed, the Estimate having been prepared and sanctioned as far back as 1846.

80. Nothing is more required for the daily increasing population of this colony than a sufficient supply of water, and nothing is more painful and disgusting than daily seeing how this most necessary element is obtained, viz., at a great distance from the habitations, from pools and streams, in the latter of which some of the natives will be seen washing themselves and their dirty clothes at one end.

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44 the work is performed, at the beginnings the greater will be the saving in the end. £360 for the reports of the Arcsotes and Drains, here, in Hongkong, is a moderate sum, considering the date some are in, and the little assistance, if any, that is afforded by Convict labor, notwithstanding the enlarged State of the prisons! 76. The planting of Trees, so desirable, it is estimated will cost £100, a sum which will be well laid out if proper trees can be procured, and, what is more, if they can be protected from the cruel injury done to them by ragamuffin vagabonds and the cattle permitted to run about. 77. The next heavy increase in the Estimate is that under Public Works and Buildings; all and every one of the items estimated for seem not only most desirable, but also useful, and required for the good and interest of the colony. 78. "The erection of a Police Station with accommodation for the Police, will tend to reduce the future Estimates, under the head of Rent by £250, besides giving a well-suited Building. 79. The Tanks in Causeway Bay have already been too long delayed, the Estimate having been prepared and sanctioned as far back as 1846. 80. Nothing is more required for the daily increasing population of this colony than a sufficient supply of water, and nothing is more painful and disgusting than daily seeing how this most necessary element is obtained, viz., at a great distance from the habitations, from pools and streams, in the latter of which some of the natives will be seen washing themselves and their dirty clothes at one end. 45
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