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its insufficiency. Believing that those complaints are to a great degree well grounded, it behoves the Government to take some steps towards removing them.

2. Towards the end of last year the Reservoir at Pokfulam was completed, and the Community anticipated that the supply to be obtained therefrom would be ample for general purposes. In this hope the Executive shared, but the latest report from the Surveyor General clearly shews that instead of the City receiving 1,500,000 Gallons per diem (that is, 15 Gallons per head for estimated population of 100,000), the actual amount passing through the Tanks in Victoria, which are filled from Pokfulam, does not exceed 494,000 Gallons per diem.

3. This could be obviated by laying down a new and larger main, so that at any rate during the Wet season, the Public would have the full benefit of the Reservoir. The expense would, however, be very great, and during the dry season we should be no better off than at present, for the

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its insufficiency. Believing that those complaints are to a great degree well grounded, it behoves the Government to take some steps towards removing them. 2. Towards the end of last year the Reservoir at Pokfulam was completed, and the Community anticipated that the supply to be obtained therefrom would be ample for general purposes. In this hope the Executive shared, but the latest report from the Surveyor General clearly shews that instead of the City receiving 1,500,000 Gallons per diem (that is, 15 Gallons per head for estimated population of 100,000), the actual amount passing through the Tanks in Victoria, which are filled from Pokfulam, does not exceed 494,000 Gallons per diem. 3. This could be obviated by laying down a new and larger main, so that at any rate during the Wet season, the Public would have the full benefit of the Reservoir. The expense would, however, be very great, and during the dry season we should be no better off than at present, for the
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its insufficiency. Belicoing that those complaints are lo a great degree well grounded, it behoves the Government to

steps towards

removing

lake some them.

2.

year

Towards the end of last the Reservoir at Pokfulam was completed, and the Community anticipated that the

eupply to be obtained there from would be ample for general purposes. In this hope the Executive shared, but the latest report from the Surveyor General clearly, shews that instead of the City receiving

Gallons

per diem (that

1500,000

C

151

is, 15 Gallons per head for estimated population of 100,000), the actual amount paping. through the Tanks in Victoria, which are

filled from Pokfulam

does not exceed 494,000 Gallons

for diem.

3.

This could be obviated

by laying down a new and larger main, so that at any rate during the Wit season, the Public would have the full benefit of the Reservoir. _ the

expense would, however, be very great, and during the dry season we should be

Mo

better

off than at present, for the

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