801
TIA Off
E 254/1.B
C.O.A 17303 109
Rec 1917 MAY 04
No. 7 Carteret Street,
Westminster, S.W.
2nd May 1904
RE
HONG KONG,
KOWLOON WATERWORKS
To the Crown Agents for the Colonies, Whitehall Gardens,
S.W.
701
Gentlemen,
(1) I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 30th April 1904, with enclosures, referring to a proposed extension of the Kowloon Waterworks, Hong Kong.
(2) The questions, now under consideration, are two in number.
(a) The extension of the catch-water channels, with a view of collecting rain-water from an enlarged gathering-ground.
(b)
(3) The enlargement of the capacity of the storage reservoir, in order to provide room for storing the additional water, which will be collected by means of the said catch-water channels.
As regards the extension of the catch-water channels: I can only say that, the greater the gathering-ground, rendered available by means thereof, the greater will be the certainty of obtaining, during a number of
801
TIA Off
E 254/1.B
C.O..A 17303 109
Rec 1917 MAY 04.
No. 7 Carteret Street,
Westminster, S.V.
2nd May 1904.
RE
HONG KONG,
KOWLOON WATERWORKS
To the Crown Agents for the Colonies, Whitehall Gardens,
S.V.
701
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Gentlemen,
(1) I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 30th April 1904, with enclosures, referring to a proposed extension of the Kowloon Waterworks, Hong Kong.
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(2)
The questions, now under consideration, are two
in number.
(a) The extension of the catch-water channels, with
a view of collecting rain-water from an enlarged gathering-ground.
(b)
(3)
The enlargement of the capacity of the storage reservoir, in order to provide room for storing the additional water, which will be collected by means of the said catch-water channels.
As regards the extension of the catch-water channels: I can only say that, the greater the gathering- ground, rendered available by means thereof, the greater will be the certainty of obtaining, during a number of
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