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means

inland

conveyance of the solid refuse by railway

and by canal, to large areas of

land under culture, but

trouble and costs

are

the

found to be greater than take place by having the hopper- barges and lowing the same by steamers

Several miles down the rivers

and out into deep water of the

Sea

This mode of disposing of the 84 tons daily of solid refuse from Hong Kong will in

my opinion be handier.

and

will

cheaper than burning it on the patented destructors, there also be less chance of nuisance as the solid refuse of each day away from the

mary

be sunk

Shore

shore into deep water.

Disinfecting Apparatus.

There are several forms of

disinfecting apparaties in use in England, and to be certain

as

to which apparatus is considered most effective, I have consulted the Head of the Medical Department of the

the Local Government Board, whose Staff have a wide experience of these

things, and I learn "Washington Lyon's

that

Patent

the

Disinfector" is considered

best.

It is portable as shown

on the diagrams herewith submitted. The details are

full and clear,

and the testimony of the Medical Department is satisfactory.

In establishing hopper-barges

MA

for