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both on their financial and engineering

sides, that it is quite inappropriate

to regard them as a mere extension of

the waterworks existing on Hong Kong

Island and Kowloon in 1896.

The

first section of the Shing Mun

waterworks, which has been under

construction since 1924, is now estimated

more

than

to cost approximJely $4,600,000. The

second section which has just been sanctioned

and which will involve the construction

of a masonry dam to impound water to a

depth of about 200 feet, giving a storage

capacity of approximately 3,000

estimated to cost $9,300,000.

million

gallons, is

The dam

will take five years to build and will

exceed in height almost any existing dam

in England.

In order that the Army

Council may appreciate the magnitude of the

Shing Mun waterworks scheme, I am to enclose

a copy of Hong Kong Sessional Paper, No.4 of

1929