CO129-204 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [11-12] — Page 368

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of dry weather, will afford. an allowance of about 131⁄2 gallons per head of inhabitant per diem, to which however must be added the present supply of 5 gallons per head from Tokfoclum and other macking a total daily allowance of 187 gallons per inhabitant during the dry season

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populous City in England, allowance of water would not be considered by the fact that in practice a large per centage cony means a very generous one, cand looking to is lost by waste to some extent inevitable would desire to impress upon the Colonial Government of Hong Kong, the absolute necessity of meintuning at all times the shickest supervision over the distribution of the supply and the provention of waste, a supervision, which. may

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same regulations that are in force among the better organized Water Companies of this Country, and in this connection it is important the Colonial Thethoritice should fully understand that no expense must be grudged wither in the acquisition of suitable service pipes and water fittings, or in the maintenance of efficient staff of water fitting Inspectors and Repairers 6. "The Tytom Valley being not only uninhabited but being devoid of any undergrowth or vegetation other than grasses and fans, the moisture, condensed by the Tytam Peaks during the South Weit Monseon eend the rain falling on the

granite hill slopes, will constitute a supply of soft water of remarkable purity, and it is recommended that by local legislation or other means, this purity should be maintained by the interdiction of dwellings Chinese graves, or cultivation conphere, within the area of the

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