CO129-255 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [5-7] — Page 563

Cation of 50,000.or

500,000

35.

9 gallons per

say

the supply of

diem.

Proposed Project.

After carefully

carr

sidering the foregoing facts I am of opcision that the best project for ~

obtaining a reasonable Public Water

Supply for

British Kowloon to meet

its present requirements and provide

for extension if necessary

(a) The reservation

of

id:.

the four valleys

number 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the plan for water works purposes.

(6) The sinking of wells in valleys

numbers 2 and 3 and

drains as in the case

laying subsoil of valley 1.1

already described, which will d'anti-

cipate

as stated in section 26 furnish

a minimum supply of 232,000 gallons per diem.

(c) The collection of these waters

by

me aud

of cast iron pipe laid with

watertight

561

watertight joints through the culti-

vated lands in

مه

propose

of

nature

pumping

that

valley 4.

owing to the wet -

the soil un order to avoid

in the trenches and ii

consideration of the small pressure to which they will be subjected that the joints of

these

pipes

should be

and sal

made with iron filings

ammoniac; this corroc will dispense

with the use

of lead which under

the circumstances would be liable

to be picked out and stren.

(d) The erection of Pumping

at the North end of Yau-

Machinery mati for

the

Jan.

purpose of pumping-

water to a reservoir to be constructed

err

He will at an elevation of about 230 feet above Ordnance Dahu.

(c) The Distribution of Water by means of cast iron pipes jouited with lead throughout the built area of long.

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