556
19.
am indebted to Mr. M.
E. Crow, Government Analyst, for
analysis of a sample of
Are
this water.
collected shortly before stopping pump- ing. I attach his report.
The
quantity of
albumanoid
ma
nia may
be accounted for by
danvitto.
the
existence of some cultivated lands in the valley in close provenite to the collecting pipes. On the resumption
shise gardens by
gardens by the Government,
of
which will be necessary if this source of water supply is adopted, and the prohibition of future cul- tivation of the soil within the - drainage
area it is probable the
quantity of albumenoid ammonia
will diminish.
Districts to be supplied.
The districts now
3th Febry, 187
21.
Yau Ma Ti population 6,774
Teen Sha Tsui
"
500
5185
13205
stung Hour
Total (Census 1891)
With the excephor of
Jeann
sha Feni the population is nearly
exclusively Chinese and Iaur
opinion
arr
of -
average of 10 gallons a head per dies will with care. suffice
For
the
22.
requirements
Taking
of
the population.
the minimum
suppe obtainable from the present
source at 100,
000
gallons per diem we have therefore enough for the
supply of a population of 10,000 - persons.
Me aus available for increasing
Supply during the
20.
urgent.
23.
by in need of
a
water
supply
are:-
Mongkokteni population 738
You
dry
There can
season.
b. no doubt
whatever that under ordinary -
circumstances during the months of
June
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