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Hongkong, 18th April, 1907.

My Lord,

Referring to Your Lordship's Despatch No.194 of the 11th October, 1906, stating that Your Lordship would be glad to receive for communication to the Governor of Sierra Leone details with regard to the system of surface drainage in Hongkong, I have the honour to enclose a copy of a report by the Director of Public Works accompanied by a plan, sheet of sections and photographs.

2. From this report it will be seen that the provision of the open culverts in substitution for the natural watercourses in the upper levels of the City, originally undertaken to protect property from damage by rainstorms and to enable it to be more regularly laid out, has during the past 6 or 7 years been continued to remove the breeding places of anopheles. With the training, since the commencement of the year 1901, of the nullahs shown in red

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

&C. &C. &C...

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Hongkong, 18th April, 1907. My Lord, Referring to Your Lordship's Despatch No.194 of the 11th October, 1906, stating that Your Lordship would be glad to receive for communication to the Governor of Sierra Leone details with regard to the system of surface drainage in Hongkong, I have the honour to enclose a copy of a report by the Director of Public Works accompanied by a plan, sheet of sections and photographs. 2. From this report it will be seen that the provision of the open culverts in substitution for the natural watercourses in the upper levels of the City, originally undertaken to protect property from damage by rainstorms and to enable it to be more regularly laid out, has during the past 6 or 7 years been continued to remove the breeding places of anopheles. With the training, since the commencement of the year 1901, of the nullahs shown in red THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G., &C. &C. &C... Page 120 Page 121

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instead of explaining why the fe details, I simply say "You will doubt gir Sir M. Nathan's cuff consideration."

care for fast

suggestions your

AF 22 atonce

NO.

•94.

Fongkong.

My Lord,

C 0.

17745

RECR

Red 13 MAY 07, Government House,

116

Hongkong, 18th. April, 1907.

24451

क

Referring to Your Lordship's

Despatch No. 194 of the 11th. October, 1906, stating that

Your Lordship would be glad to receive for communication

te the Governer of Sierra Leone details with regard to the

system of surface drainage in Hongkong, I have the honour

to enclose a copy of a report by the Director of Public

Works accompanied by a plan, sheet of sections and

photographs.

From this report it will be seen

that the provision of the open culverts in substitution for

the natural watercourses in the upper levels of the City,

originally undertaken to protect property from damage by

rainstorms and to enable it to be more regularly laid out,

has during the past 6 or 7 years been continued to remove

the breeding places of anopheles. With the training, since

[

the commencement of the year 1901, of the nullahs shown in

red

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

&C. *

&C...

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