CO129-304 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [1-4] — Page 356

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the

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account of which appears in, Estimates for the year 1901.

The Director of Public Works therefore

3.

has represented that it is now absolutely necessary to

make special provision for the engineering of the

urgent and important scheme for the New Water Supply

to British Kowloon.

4.

The Director of Public Works'

letters Nos.84 of the 29th. January, and 123 of the 15th. February, copies of which I annex, fully explain

the position.

5.

consideration

I submitted this matter for the

of the Public Works Committee and they

unanimously support the recommendation of the Director

of Public Works that the work should be entrusted to

Messrs. Denison, Ram and Gibbs, a local firm of

Engineers, the last named gentleman having served eleven

years in the Public Works Department and made the

original surveys for this system.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your most obedient

Humble servant,

Steing ashake

Governor, &o.:

P.S.