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intermittent supply was a little over 11,000,000 gallons per week. Our supply would therefore last for very nearly twenty 'weeks.
Q-Has this question of shortage of water been continually brought before the Government?
A-All I can say is that it has been before the Government as it occurred, from time to time, but I am not aware that it has been brought before it in any special
manner.
Q-How long will it take before additional reservoirs can be completed?
A-I hope the one now in hand will be completed in about eighteen months. Q-Do you shut the water off during the summer months at night, or does it run
all the 24 hours ?
A-It runs all the 24 hours.
Q-Would it make any difference if you shut it off at night?
A-No, because, as a rule, our reservoirs overflow. This year has been exceptional because Tytam reservoir has not overflowed. This is the second season since I have been in the Colony that Tytam has not overflowed.
Q-With reference to your own work, you begin at nine o'clock in the morning and go on till when?
me.
A-I begin at 9 and generally go on till 6.30 and then take some work home with
Q-And you do so much writing in the office that it is impossible for you to go about the City and take a look at the works and visit Tytam or other outlying places ?
A-It is practically out of the question.
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Q-If you do that, the office work accumulates?
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A--Yes, and as a matter of fact it has accumulated in spite of all I have done.
Q-Are your duties now so manifold that you should not have to sit here all the time but have competent men in your office who could sit down and answer a report in such a way that you would only have to see it?
A-Yes.
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Q-Have
you a shortband writer in your office?
A-No.
Q-Would one or two be a great addition?
A-Perhaps I might be able to do something with one, but there are so many minutes to be written on papers that it would be difficult to avail oneself of his services so fully as might be the case in an ordinary position.
By the Chairman.-As regards the inspection of buildings, recently there have been collapses of houses in Hongkong which have caused loss of lives and excited public attention. How many Inspectors of Buildings have you?
A-Only one.
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Q-Do you consider that a sufficient number?
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A-No, certainly not. It is a mere farce under existing conditions.
Q-This question of inspection of buildings is under consideration, is it not?
A-Yes.
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