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reclamation of Causeway Bay.

urgent sanitary

that it is sur

measure.

surprising

as an

I added

that this fetid

"swamp or reeking cesspool (as it has

poisons

the

been truly called), which air around it, and renders impossible

the residence of Europeans in its neighbourhood, has not already

produced

2.

a severe

epidemic

I now forward the plan

of the proposed work, with an

the

explanatory Memorandum from the Surveyor-General, (the Honourable

Mr. Price).

Enclosure Printed Memo & Plan

3.

It has been finally estimated

that this important work will cost, not

a somewhat larger

sum, (as was

but only supposed), but

at

first

about thirty thousand

(30,000) dollars, equivalent, at the present rate of Exchange, to about five thousand five hundred pounds, (£5,500), and that its completion will require from twelve to fourteen months. It will be further

perceived that, in addition to its

urgency as a sanitary

measure, this

work will be directly reproductive, for

while the cost is estimated at only

£5,500 the value of the land when

reclaimed

 

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I 186 reclamation of Causeway Bay. urgent sanitary that it is sur measure. surprising as an I added that this fetid "swamp or reeking cesspool (as it has poisons the been truly called), which air around it, and renders impossible the residence of Europeans in its neighbourhood, has not already produced 2. a severe epidemic I now forward the plan of the proposed work, with an the explanatory Memorandum from the Surveyor-General, (the Honourable Mr. Price). Enclosure Printed Memo & Plan 3. It has been finally estimated that this important work will cost, not a somewhat larger sum, (as was but only supposed), but at first about thirty thousand (30,000) dollars, equivalent, at the present rate of Exchange, to about five thousand five hundred pounds, (£5,500), and that its completion will require from twelve to fourteen months. It will be further perceived that, in addition to its urgency as a sanitary measure, this work will be directly reproductive, for while the cost is estimated at only £5,500 the value of the land when reclaimed   I
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I 186 reclamation of Causeway Bay. urgent sanitary that it is sur measure. surprising as an I added that this fetid "swamp or reeking cesspool (as it has poisons the -been truly called), which air around it, and renders impossible the residence of Europeans in its neighbourhood, has not already produced 2. a severe epidemic I now forward the plan of the proposed work, with an the explanatory Memorandum from t Surveyor-General, (the Honourable Im Prize). Enclosure Printed Memik Plan 3. It has been finally estimated that this important work will cost, not a somewhat larger sum, (as was but only supposed), but at first about thirty thousand (30,000) dollars, equivalent, at the present rate of Exchange, to about five thousand five hundred pounds, (£5,500), and that its completion will require from twelve | to fourteen months. It will be further perceived that, in addition to its urgency as a canitary measure, this work will be directly reproductive, for while the cost is estimated at only £5,500 the value of the land when る。 reclaimed I
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186

reclamation of Causeway Bay.

urgent sanitary

that it is sur

measure.

surprising

as an

I added

that this fetid

"swamp or reeking cesspool (as it has

poisons

the

-been truly called), which air around it, and renders impossible

the residence of Europeans in its neighbourhood, has not already

produced

2.

a severe

epidemic

I now forward the plan

of the proposed work, with an

the

explanatory Memorandum from t Surveyor-General, (the Honourable

Im Prize).

Enclosure Printed Memik Plan

3.

It has been finally estimated

that this important work will cost, not

a somewhat larger

sum, (as was

but only supposed), but

at

first

about thirty thousand

(30,000) dollars, equivalent, at the present rate of Exchange, to about five thousand five hundred pounds, (£5,500), and that its completion will require from twelve | to fourteen months. It will be further

perceived that, in addition to its

urgency as a canitary

measure, this

work will be directly reproductive, for

while the cost is estimated at only

£5,500 the value of the land when

る。

reclaimed

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