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9. That the effect of the clause as passed is that the Water Authority on such notice as he thinks sufficient, not being a longer notice than 14 days, will be bound to disconnect the water service from every "Tenement house" in the City of Victoria, and the Ordinance directs the Water Authority to refuse to reconnect the service and to refuse to connect any new service unless the owner of the "Tenement house" shall have obtained the previous consent of the Governor in Council.
10. That Your Petitioners venture to predict that the effect of the clause as passed will be that the water service of each and every "Tenement house" in the City of Victoria occupied by Chinese will be summarily cut off with a very small chance of any re-connection or of the connection of any new service to any such being sanctioned by the Governor in Council.
11. That whilst fully recognising the fact that, owing to the want of forethought and attention in the past of those Officials responsible for the maintenance of a reservoir capacity for the storage of a supply of water sufficient for the wants of the Colony, which want of forethought and attention has unfortunately resulted in the reservoir capacity of the Colony being unhappily neglected and proving inadequate for present requirements, whilst water is being lost by reason of the overflowing of the existing reservoirs, the storage of which overflow would certainly be sufficient to maintain a constant supply throughout the coming year, Your Petitioners recognise that legislation to prevent needless waste is necessary, yet Your Petitioners humbly suggest that it is scarcely equitable that the Chinese alone should be made to suffer for the above want of such forethought and attention and be put to additional expense and very serious discomfort by having all water cut off from their dwellings at all times, even in the hot and rainy season when the reservoirs with an average rainfall are usually full to overflowing.
12. That Your Petitioners beg to refer you to paragraph 2 of Mr. OSBERT CHADWICK'S "Report on the Water Supply of Hongkong" dated Hongkong, 18th April 1902, in which he says "During the exceptional drought of 1901-2, the stream below Taitam yielded at least 45 millions of gallons in September and October, which would have been a valuable addition to the general water supply." Mr. CHADWICK in the same paragraph states that by going further down the Taitam Valley and resorting to pumping, the water supply could be materially increased at an early date.
In paragraph 10 of his said Report Mr. CHADWICK says "I find that, during the water-year 1901-2, an average daily supply was given from Taitam, from April to October inclusive, at the rate of 2,400,000 gallons a day under constant supply, for the remainder of the year, the rate of supply was 1,500,000 gallons a day, so that about one million of gallons extra per day would have maintained the constant supply for the whole year."
13. That if paragraphs 2 and 10 of Mr. CHADWICK'S Report are read together, Your Petitioners venture to suggest that from the time when an increased reservoir capacity in the Taitam Valley, such as that suggested by Mr. CHADWICK, has been completed, which should be at an early date, provided all unnecessary delays are avoided, and plenty of labour employed, at least 360,000,000 of gallons of water per annum over and above the present supply will be available, and in such a summer as the present, during which Taitam has been constantly overflowing, that amount would be very materially increased. This would provide the additional one million gallons per day which Mr. CHADWICK, in paragraph 10 of his said Report, states would, in 1901-2 (an exceptionally dry year), have been sufficient to have maintained a constant supply of water for the whole year. And in this connection, Your Petitioners humbly crave leave to annex a copy of the Report of the Water Authority shewing the Level and Storage of water in reservoirs on the 1st August, 1902, and the corresponding date in the previous year, also the consumption of water during the month of July 1901 and the month of July 1902.
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9. That the effect of the clause as passed is that the Water Authority on such notice as he thinks suficient not being a longer notice than 14 days will be bound to disconnect the water service from every Tenement house" in the City of Victoria, and the Ordinance directs the Water Authority to refuse to reconnect the service and to refuse to connect any new service unless the owner of the Tenement house" shall have obtained the previous consent of the Governor in Council,
10. That Your Petitioners venture to predict that the effect of the clause as passed will be that the water service of each and every "Tenement house" in the City of Victoria occupied by Chinese will be summarily cut off with a very smail chance of any re-connection or of the connection of any new service to any such being sanctioned by the Governor in Council.
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11. That whilst fully recognising the fact that owing to the want of forethought and attention in the past of those Officials responsible for the maintenance of a reservoir capacity for the storage of a supply of water sufficient for the wants of the Colony, which want of forethought and attention has unfortunately resulted in the reservoir capacity of the Colony being unhappily neglected and proving inadequate for present requirements whilst water is being lost by reason of the overflowing of the existing reservoirs, the storage of which overflow would certainly be sufficient to maintain a constant supply throughout the coming year, Your Petitioners recoguise that legislation to prevent needless waste is necessary, yet Your Petitioner's humbly suggest that it is scarcely equitable that the Chinese alone should be made to suffer for the above want of such forethought and attention and be put to additional expense and very serious discomfort by having all water cut off from their dwellings at all times, even in the hot and rainy season when the reservoirs with an average rainfall are usually full to overflowing.
12. That Your Petitioners beg to refer you to paragraph 2 of Mr. OSBERT CHADWICK'S "Report on the Water Supply of Hongkong" dated Hongkong, 18th April 1902, in which he says "During the exceptional drought of 1901-2, the stream below Taitam yielded at least 45 millions of gallons in September and October, which would have been a valuable addition to the general water supply." Mr. CHADWICK in the same paragraph states that by going further down the Taitam Valley and resorting to pumping, the water supply could be materially increased at an early date.
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In paragraph 10 of his said Report Mr. CHADWICK says "I find that, during the water-year 1901-2, an average daily supply was given from Taitam, from April to October inclusive, at the "rate of 2,400,000 gallons a day under constant supply, for the remainder of the
year, the "rate of supply was 1,500,000 gallons a day, so that about one million of gallons extra per day
would have maintained the constant supply for the whole year."
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13. That if paragraphs 2 and 10 of Mr. CHADWICK'S. Report are read together Your Peti- tioners venture to suggest that from the time when an increased reservoir capacity in the Taitam Valley such as that suggested by Mr. CHADWICK has been completed, which should be at an early date, provided all unnecessary delays are avoided, and plenty of labour employed, at least 360,000,000 of gallons of water per annum over and above the present supply will be available and in such a summer as the present, during which Taitam has been constantly overflowing, that amount would be very materially increased. This would provide the additional one million gallons per day which Mr. CHADWICK, in paragraph 10 of his said Report, states would, in 1901-2 (an exceptionally dry year) have been sufficient to have maintained a constant supply of water for the whole year. And in this connection Your Petitioners humbly crave leave to annex a copy of the Report of the Water Authority shewing the Level and Storage of water in reservoirs on the 1st August, 1902, and the corresponding date in the previous year also the consumption of water during the month of July 1901 and the month of July 1902.
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