CO129-234 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Des Voeus - 1887 [9-12] — Page 130

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: the present frightful state of overcrowding and other nuisances which sooner or later always bring their punishment.

However, sanitation and the proper housing of the poor have been a prominent subject before the public at home, and there is nothing I can expect to say which will enlighten the Local Government Board, to whom, I presume, the Bill will be submitted, as I infer from your despatch and enclosures (marginally noted).

4. Fortunately in England there is a public opinion against which even the rights of property, when wrongfully exercised, have to give way; at Hongkong property is the main consideration amongst a community which congregates here to accumulate sufficient

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127 : the present frightful state of overcrowding and other nuisances which sooner or later always bring their punishment. However, sanitation and the proper housing of the poor have been a prominent subject before the public at home, and there is nothing I can expect to say which will enlighten the Local Government Board, to whom, I presume, the Bill will be submitted, as I infer from your despatch and enclosures (marginally noted). 4. Fortunately in England there is a public opinion against which even the rights of property, when wrongfully exercised, have to give way; at Hongkong property is the main consideration amongst a community which congregates here to accumulate sufficient
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