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CHECK CONSUMPTION. |

In order to check consumption during the present very serious shortage of water, the Attorney General will introduce a Bill at af meeting of the Legislative Council to-morrow amending the Water: works Ordinames, 1903,

The Objects and Reasons of the Bill are stated as follows:

1. The main object of this Or- dinance is to facilitate the tem-) porary abolition of what is known as the free allowance" of water. The abolition of the "free allow. anee" will actually be effected by regulation. The sale aim of this proposed legislation Is to check consumption during the present very serious shortage of water,

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1929.

6. Section & of this Ordinance amends the regulation making section of the principal Ordinaijee in two ways. In the first place it abolishes the present maxlınan price for water supplied by meter, In the second place, it gives the Guvernor in Council a wide power to make regulations for the pur- puse of controlling the persons who resort to the public fountains. For example, in a time of shor- age such as the present, it may be desirable to assign particular blocks of buildings and to exclude | persons Trom outside areas. It might also be desirable to intro- duce some system of rationing, It is also desirable to be able th give powers to police officers and others who may be stationed at public fountains.

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7. Sections 7 to 18, both in- clusive, of this Ordinance amends the various penalties under the principal Ordinance. Some the penalties in the principal Or- dinance appear to be too small. maximum example, the 2. Svetion 2 ) (f) of the Penalty for wilful waste of water, however much water may have principal, Ordinance refers to a

been wasted, is only $25. Again, quarterly allowance. This is the the maximum penalty for negli s-called "Trer allowance. Se gently polluting the waterworks tion 2 of this Ordinance sub by "any foul liquid, gas or other atitutes the term quarterlysions or injurious mutter" is amount" because "allowance" sug: only $100, and even for wilfal gusts the present "free allowance" pilution of this nature the maxi- and that is fo be abandoned te- mum is the same. In the second porarily.

place, the maximum penalties seem 3. The principal Ordinance re- to be unnecessarily varied. The fers in various places to the amending sections of this Or minke the maximum "quarter." In practice this must dinance mean the period between two compenalty in any case $250 which la #ecutive meter readings as provid- now the standard maximum for ed by regulation 7 on page 39 of ammary offences. In the two the Regulations of Hongkong. It cases where a daily penalty is İs obvious that the ajeters provided in the principal Ordin- throughout the Colony cannot pasance this Ordinance makes the sibly be read on the same day, and maximum $25 a day. the regulation in question pro- vides that for the purpose of catliv s power to make the tempor culating the quarterly consumpary abolition of the "free allow, tion in any particular tenement once" apply to the current quar the differences between two conter, and it makes it clear that secutive readings of the meter is what is meant is the current meter to be taken. It also provides that

reader's quarter, the reading may be taken on any day not more than ten days be fore or after the calender, date of the esminencement of the quar

The following draft of regula- ter. Accordingly, the meter read- tions proposed to be made when er's quarter for hy particula: the intended Waterworks Amend- tenement may be longer or shorter meat Ordinance, 1929, is nascit, than the calendar quarter, but af is published for general informa longer quarter is always balanc- tion. en later on by 'n shorter quarter Leenuse the last, reading of any one quarter must be taken as the first realing of the succeeding quarter. Section 3 of this or dinance inserts. In the principal Ordinance a section which pressly recognises what may be called the meter reader's quartered therefors This same point recurs in section 14 (2) of this Ordinance.

Special Powers.

8. Section 14 of this Ordinance.

Draft Regulations,

1. Regulation 1 of the regula- tins made by the Governor In Council under section 23 of the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, and appearing on pages 307 to 322 of the Regulations of Hongkong. 1914-1926, is rescinded and the following regulation is substitut.

1-(1) Subject to the provi- sions of parngraohs (3) tú (7), both inclusive, o this regulation, 4. Section 3 of the principal the price of all titered water sup Ordinance provides that the Waterplled by meter which falls within Authority shall have the adminia- the quarterly amount referred to tralian of the waterworks subject in sub-paragraph (fi) of para- to the general authority of the graph (a) of section 2 of the Governor in Council. Section Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, shall provides that the afleers appoint-he seventy-five cents per thousand ed to carry out the Ordinance gallons in the Peak District and shall be under the control of thefty cents per thousand gallons in Water Authority subject to the all other parts of the island of general authority of the Governor. Hongkong, There seems to be no good rea-

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per thousand gallons, and of all sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph purposes shall be two dollars per unfiltered water thirty-five cents (e) of section 2 of the Water-thousand gallons, per thousand gallons.

works Ordinance, 1993, and the

(13) This regulation shall (5) Any special price hitherty price of all excess consumption have effect only in respect of son for making a distinction in of paragraphs (3) to (7), both in-charged for filtered water suppli hali he seventy-five cents per water supplied by meter in the

thousand gullons.

third quarter of 1929, and for the these two sections In the matter clusive.. of this regulation, the ed by meter to military establish

(9) The price of all unfiltered purpose of this paragraph the of the ultimate authority. The price of all excess consumption in ments shall remain in force. Governar in Comcil is given the ease of filtered water sill be

of filtered water supplied by meter at Tal Powerd quarter with reference to special powers In particular sec-

one dollar and seventy-five cents water supplied, by meter at Aber shall be thirty-five cents per thou-any particular meter shall b

Jennstrued as meaning the period tions of the Ordinance, but the per thousand gallons in the Peak deen, Aplichan and Shankiwan no natural controlling authority for District and

(10). The price of all unfiltered] between two consecutive readings one dollar and price shall be charged in respect general purposes is the Governor twenty-five cents per

thousand of the quarterly amount referred water supplied by meter at Fan of the meter as provided by Re- Accordingly, the opportunity is gallons in all other parts of the to in sub-paragraph (ii) of para-Ling shall be one dollar per thou-gulation 7 of these regulations for taken to alter "Governor island of Hongkong.

graph (a) of section 2 of the sand gallons: provided that the the purpose of calculating the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, and special price hitherto charged for quarterly consumption. cipal Ordinance to "Governor." (3) In the case of filtered the price of all excess consump-water supplies to the Royal 2. Regulation 13 of the said re- This is effected by section 4 of water supplied by meter to hostion shall bo seventy-five cents per Hongkong Golf Club at Fan Ling gulations is amended by the in-

pitals or charitable institutions no thousand gallons,

shall remuin in force.

sertion of the words, "with such (11) The price of all water variations (if any) as the Water

Council in section 3 of the prin

this Ordinance.

5. Section 5 of this Ordinance price shall be charged in respect

mends section 5 of the principal of the quarterly amount referred water supplied by meter at Pot-direct through pipes on wharver able," immediately after the word (7) The price of all 'unfiltered supplied by meter to shipping Authority may consider desir Ordinances in as to make the orto in sub-paragraph (1) of para fulam, Repulse Bay, Stanley, and for piers, or to water boats, shall regulations" in the fifth line. dinary undertaking to pay for graph. (a) of section 2 of the Tai Tum, and elsewhere except at be two dollars per thousand gal- water apply to the amount which Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, and Tai Po or Fan Ling, shall be ftylons, and the price of all water

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at present is comprised in the the price of all excess consum cents per thousand, gallons. | supplied by meter to shipping 3. The following note is added. (8) In the ease of filtered otherwise than direct through to Form C in the Schedule to the water supplied by meter in Kow-pipes on wharves or piers skall bj above regulations: loon or New Kowloon shall be charged in respect of the

no price four dollars per thousand gallons. Note. This form may be after- quarterly amount referred to in supplied by meter for building may consider desirable.

(12) The price of all watered by the Water Authority as he

"free allowance." This amend-tion shall be seventy-five cents anent is necessary even apart from per thousand gallons. the temporary abolition of the (4) In the care of water sup "free allowance," because even at plied by meter to naval cutablish present there are cases in whichments the price of all Altered there is no "free allowance," water shall be seventy-five cents

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