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proposed to derive the water necessary for a complete supply to the Kowloon Peninsula, but as will be seen from his report in the event of sufficient water not being obtainable from it he proposed to supplement the supply by sinking further wells in the same locality.

different watersheds. I now propose to briefly describe the experiments and further

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buut uin

works that have been carried out

the last

during object of as

dry certacising the quantity of

season with the

ascer

water obtainable from this source

works). Everything

and

pumping

November.

5.

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was in readiness

commenced

early

iin

voor

found.

however that the brick skining of the

well reshing

on a metal curb

urbentering.

the innervious clayey stratum under. lying

the coarse silicious sand

prevented the

entry of water into the well. In fact the well was -

practically a sump

of water to this entirely, bottom

no

of

sump and, the supply

sump must

depend

springs existing in the

it!

on the measures.

the waters.

adopted for intercepting

during

the

dry

4.

400,000

the season of

· year. A turbine pump capable

gallons per diem

of the

war

of delivering

was obtained from England and erected in the well. This pump.

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by a portable engine /

portion of the plant previously in the construction of the Tytani

used

works).

actuated by

valley.

with which the ground

for some distance around was more

than saturated to the

very surface,

the surpins waters flowing by in a

stream.

6.

water

On piercing the steining

of the well a few feet from

the

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