CO129-526-10 Water supply- Shing Mun Valley Scheme with plans of the dam and reservoir sites 8-5-1930 - 10-9-1930 — Page 23

CONFIDENTIAL.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

28th August, 1930.

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My Lord,

In continuation of Mr. Southorn's telegram

I on 72 815 of 15th March on the subject of the Colonial Development

Enclosure No. 1.

Enclosure No. 2.

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Scheme, I have the honour to forward twelve copies of the

answers to the schedule of questions, as required by Your

Lordship's circular despatch of 13th August, 1929, in the

matter of the second section of the Shing Mun Waterworks

Scheme, together with twelve copies of the report on the

scheme in question of which you were informed in my

confidential despatch of 18th June.

2.

I would request that an application from this

Goverment for assistance to carry out this scheme be put

before the Advisory Committee for its sympathetic

consideration.

3.

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Enclosure No: 3.

(Separately)

With reference to the instructions contained

in the fourth paragraph of Your Lordship's circular (2) despatch of 6th November, 1929, I regret that only three copies of the current Estimates for this Colony are available, the issue being now out of print. I accordingly

forward that number herewith.

4.

Further applications in respect of a new

Civil Hospital and a new Gaol will be submitted when these

schemes are at a more advanced stage than at present.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

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&C.,

&C.,

&c.