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HONGKONG, 21st May, 1908.

RE No. 1 CHUK HING LANE.

SIR,--We, the undersigned owners and occupiers of houses in the immediate vicinity of the site now occupied by No. 1 Chuk Hing Lane, have the honour to request you to be good enough to lay before His Excellency The Governor, for his kind consideration, our views and objections as to the erection of a Public Latrine on the above mentioned site.

We hereby respectfully submit to His Excellency the following reasons of our objec- tions namely:-

(1.) The above site is situate in a narrow lane surrounded by the back of tall houses of 3 stories high. The stench, the obnoxious flies and other evils attendant on a Public Latrine will particularly affect the kitchens of these immediately surrounding houses where human food is prepared.

(2.) The owners of these immediately surrounding houses have, recently, in compli ance with the requirements of the Sanitary Board, opened more windows in these premises directly facing the said site; with the object of letting in pure and fresh air into these houses: but if a Public Latrine is erected, which would be directly opposite to their windows, they will have bad and vitiated air instead.

(3.) The bad smell will not only affect these immediately surrounding houses, but also houses in the neighbourhood. Moreover, there is already one Public Latrine in Aberdeen Street at the end of Gage Street; so that if a new one is erected in Chuk Hing Lane there will be practically two latrines in one street.

(4.) The Public Latrine in Aberdeen Street has always been a great nuisance to the neighbourhood; and some of the tenants of the houses near Chuk Hing Lane have already, on hearing of the proposed latrine, intimated their intention to quit their premises if one is to be erected. This will affect the interest of the house owners, especially at the present depreciation in house properties. We beg to enclose herewith 2 sketch-plans marked No. 1 and No. 2 respectively, the first of which will show the narrowness of the lane and the actual size of the site; and the second one will show the relative positions of the existing latrine at Aberdeen Street and the proposed new one at Chuk Hing Lane.

We earnestly hope that His Excellency will not, after considering the reasons of our objections, allow the proposed Public Latrine to be erected on the above site.

We have, etc.,

閣麟街三十七號業主葉四

閣麟街四十三號寶豐盛記押舖客

中環結志街第七號合勝號鋪客

P. F. TALATI, Tenant of No. 41 Cochrane Street.

然湛朱

WONG YUK LAM, Tenant of No. 1 Gage Street.

C. F. DE CARVALHO, Agent, No. 11 Gage Street.

結志街一號住客衛忪年

閣麟街四十一號業主盧坪

三十九號業主盧昌業堂

結志街住客韋華祥

結志街十八號二十號業主代理人韋勵如

結志街二號四號業主吳栢濤

結志街十淲十二號十四號業主張祥芝

結志街三號業主陳奕光

To The Honourable

F. H. MAY, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary.

GOUGH ST

ABERDEEN ST

KIN SAU LAND.

W.CA

CHI LANE

GAGE

STREET

No. 1

STAVELY ST.

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