CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11] — Page 53

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4.38600:00

(b). Sanitary Inspectors' Office, and shed

for dust-carts, &c Wantsai District, $15,000. The

Sanitary District Office at Wantsai which is housed in a

rented building has to be constantly moved from one place

to another because the Chinese dislike living in its

vicinity, and the landlords therefore give the Government

notice to quit. A permanent office and shed will obviate

this inconvenience, and conduce to greater efficiency.

$25,000.

(c). Old Western Market, Reconstruction

A reference to Sir Henry Blake's Despatch No.

474 of the 26th. of October, 1900, will show that in

accordance with scheme No. 2 in Mr. Ormsby's report of the

29th. of May, 1900, it was decided to build a new Western

Market on a site in front of the old Harbour Office; to

reserve the site of the latter building for a second

Market; and to pull down the then existing Western Market,

which is still standing and in use, and to devote the site

of it to a public improvement and to sell the land after

that improvement had been made.

Further experience has demonstrated the

fact that the demand for market accommodation in the

populous district in which the market is situated is by

no means satisfied by the accommodation afforded in the

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