CO129-514-6 Question of legality of sale of water to Tai Koo Sugar Refining Co. Ltd.- from... 6-12-1928 - 23-12-1929 — Page 71

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C.9.0. 1208/96.

Certified True Copy.

(3d.) Francis A. Cooper.

ublic Works Department

289.

Gentlemen,

Director of Public Works.

18. 6. 96.

Public Works Office,

Hong Kong, 16th April, 1894.

In reply to your letter of the 10th instant,

submitting for approval a plan in duplicate of the

proposed pipe line from the reservoir in course of

construction on Inland Lot No. 1336 to the Sugar

Refinery at quarry Bay:-

I am directed by His Excellency The Officer

Administering the Government to inform you that the

game had been approved subject to the following condi-

tions.

(a) A sum of $1.00 per annum to be paid into

the Treasury in recognition of the privilege granted.

(b) The Government reserves to itself the

right to dispose of land across which the pipes pass

subject to a right of entry to be reserved to you for

the purpose of inspecting or repairing your pipes.

I have the honour to be,

Hesars. Butterfield & Swire.

Gentlemen,

Your most obedient servant,

(sa.) 7. Chatham.

Acting Director of Public Works.