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N° 159.

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TRE 20 MAY 12

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 24th. April, 1912.

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I have the honour to address you on the sub-

-ject of the supervision of the two large Public Works which are being carried out in this Colony, namely, the Harbour of Refuge at Long-kok-tsui and the Reservoir at Tytam Tuk.

2.

These works are estimated to cost something over two million dollars each, but, now that the Harbour of Refuge Works are in full swing, the engineering skill involved in their

construction is much less then that required in the case of the

reservoir. The work at the Harbour of Refuge consists for the most

part in seeing that the contractor places the stone in the proper

position, that he makes proper progress, that measurements of the

work done are made and certificates for the necessary payments are

prepared, and that diagrams are prepared from time to time showing

the state of the work for the information of the Government. Some

tact is also required in dealing with the contractor and his men.

The work at Tytam Tuk, on the other hand, is of a highly technical

nature and requires the presence of Engineers skilled in the

construction of water-works. The dam is larger than anything which

has so far been attempted in this Colony, and as this important

addition to the water supply will be urgently needed a few years

hence it is of the utmost importance that the work should be carried on without interruption and without any mistakes being made, which

would

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,

&C..

&C.,

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