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main construction work of the Aerodromc until further

development is undertaken, and £30,000 bcing the unpaid balance of the £100,000 promised by the Inocrial Government,

will then be due to this Government.

The new

dam for the Abcrde on Reservoir should be

completed by the end of this month.

Two pumping stations, uppcr

and lower, the pipe line, the reconstruction of Elliott Filter

Beds and the East Catchwater First Section have already

been completed, whilst the West Catchwater 1st section, with a drainage area of approximately 250 acres, which is already under

construction, will be finished next year. The remodelling and strengthening of the existing Paxr Works dam will be commenced this year and completed next year. It is proposed to makc

a start in 1932 with the two remaining items, the wast

Catchwater 2nd scction and the East Catchwater 2nd section.

It is expected that those will be finished in 1933 and the whole

scheme will then be complete. Meanwhile it has for some weeks

past been possible to utilize water impounded by the new dam

and this additional source of supply has been found very

valuablo.

$20,000 is provided for the completion next year

of the second set of Rapid Gravity Filters which will bring the

total capacity of the Shing Mun filters to 10 million gallons

per day.

This second set of filters was originally regar ded

as part of the second section of the Scheme, but they were

ffound to be necessary in order to obtain the full benefit

of the first section and they were therefore proceeded with in

anticipation of the approval of the major works. The

latter

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