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observe that the public man drains

are not used as screens as

they

arc i

European towns, and to trap these

without water is an utter impossibility,

even

if desirable; subject

as we ant

to such heavy rains and withou

sundy soil the silt would be ~ ~

”,-

certurir to blockh the entrance to

the dram.

ww

Italie it for granted it is vow

mcessary for

to

comment

upon the concluding paragraph

of M = Murrow's letter.

I have, fc.

(Signed) birns St Ger blemly

Surveyor General.

Tuve Copy

MsAlexander

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Approaches

"

to the Daily "Press" Office, Hongkong.

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OLD BAILEY STREET.—Looking up the hill (South). The arrow points to Chancery Lane. The wall

to the left is the Gaol wall—say the South West corner,