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THE COLONY'S WATER- WORKS.

(Continued on Page 9.) side of the island containing the village of Little Hongkong and bounded on the north by Bonnets Ill and Mount Cameron and on

to Hongkong early in next year. by means of this pipe-line, which is estimated to be capabio of de- livering 3 million gallons a day across the harbour.

A Warning.

llore, however, it is necessary to nole of caution. The und exiling waterworks on the island with A Lotal atorage of would here be necessary, une2118,414,000 gallons and a total

the south by Brick Hill. Two dams

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1929. -

RADIO BROADCAST.

THE LOCAL PROGRAMME

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It la computed that the quantity of water used for fire fighting has never in this Colony exceeded one million gallons a year; and the amount used for road watering!

FOR TO-DAY, And cleansing alde-channels is estimated at 6 million gallons a

Broadcast by Z.B.W. an.350 metros. 6.30-6.80 p.m. Programme of Chi year, This demand can be ade quately met in years of normal nese Music, (Columbia Records sup rainfall by the use of water from plied through the courtesy of Messrs. the mullahs and in times of Wo Shing Co. Lt weather report.

p.m. Evening drought salt water can be used,

8 p.m. Evening Programmo, (Vie when necessary, in streets adin-or and H. M. V. Records supplied cent to the sen. For flushing of buildings now obtain their supplies from wells and nullahs; and at the present time only 88 million gallons a year are drawn from the storage reservoirs for this purpose. The total annual demand for these three services is, therefore, less than 100 million gallons and does not warrant the

allah

expensive system of piped sen water Jaid on throughout the city. But the whole question of the development of our supplies to their utmost capacity is now receiving the attention of the Public Works. Department.

Government's Afm.

The aim of this Government is to give every house connected with the waterworks, both on Hongkong island and on the mainland, a full supply of Atered water through-

Moutrie and Co., Ltd.). "The Yeomen of the Guard,” “

Selection,

The Band of H. M. Coldstream

Guarda.

"Sydor),

No. 5-Allegro Vivace."

Organ Solo, G. D. Cunningham. "Bertram at the Rotary Dinner

Humorous Talking by Will Kings, "Bertram Addresses the Tenants,"

"March on a Theme of

Organ Solo, Arthur Meale. "Lido Lady" (Rodgers), Bolection,

Savoy Orpheans Tannhauser," (Wagner), Overture, Albert Contes and the Symphony Orchestra. "Dolan's Poker Party," "O Hooligan's Ball,"

Comedian, Frank Crumit H.M.S. Pinafore," (Sullivan),

Selection,

The Band of H. M. Coldstream

Guarda. The Twilight of the Gods,"

(Wagner), Albert Contes and the Symphony

Et

THE DISARMAMENT PROBLEM.

M. BRIAND HOPEFUL OF SUCCESS.

Washington, Sept. 5. It is learned on the conclusion of Mr. Hoover's conference with naval experts and others at the White House, that Mr. Hoover

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(Continued from Page 2)

ture of 168,000 this year and $249,600 next year from the surplus balances of the Colony to be reimbursed from a loan to be raised at a future date.

I might add that from informa- la still hopeful of an understand-tion received to-day Lho Govern- It will be unnecessary for the Air Ministry will co-operate in the United States to construct all building of a hangar, and although fifteen cruisers called for in the it will not actually save this Go- present naval programme,

vernment any money it will an- uble a more satisfactory building to be erected at an early date.

This shows that Mr. Hale was

Speaking solely for himself

Reuter's American Service.

[A Washington macsange of September 3 atated. After a con- ference with President Hoover at White House to-day, Mr. Frederick Hale, the chairman of the Senate Naval Committee predicted that all the fifteen 10,000-ton cruisers authorised by Congress would be constructed.

He said that the President be- loved that course, to be necessary regardless of what Anglo-Ameri- can agreement was reached.]

Hon. Sir Henry Pollock pro poso that this potion also stand over.

Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton seconded.

The motion was deferred until the next meeting of the Council,

no

the ponsibility that rights of pose session, custody or control over any person can be transferred or con- ferred for valuable consideration for any purpose.

Kidnapping of Children.

It often happens that when one has to amend an Ordinance there are other minor points in the Or dinance which call for alteration and one takes the opportunity of This Bill dealing with them. seizes such an opportunity in the Ordinance. That section deals with the kidnapping of children under 14. Such children may live with their parents or natural guardians they may live with adopted guar- dians, they may be living with em-

The Colonial Treaaurer second-ployers as mut tai or some other kind of servant. In all these casca ઈ.

a child is liable to be kidnapped by sume individual who takes the child away for his own purposes of gain,' possibly takes it out of the Colony where it can no longer be looked after in any way by the author!- tics and sells the child, perhaps into another, family, perhaps into. service or even into a worso fate. Naturally, of course, we wish to prevent that and to punish the kid- napper if he is discovered. In cer tain cases where the kidnapped child has boon a mui teni It may be a defence that the kidnappor. cannot be said in the words of the section to be depriving any person of the Inwful care of the child be cause the employer of the mui tsai has no right to possession of the child. It is perfectly true that the employer of a mui, tani hua no right to retain possession of the child na ngainst the child's parents or as against the child herself. Similarly the adopted parent has no legal right to delnin à child under That with reference to the re- English law as against the natural solution pasted on the 2nd May parents. But that does not mako 1909, tais Council approves the the actual de facto care of the expenditure of

child unlawful. They may have no $1,000,000 during the financialright to insist on possession, but year 1930 on the Aberdeen Water

Aberdeen Water Scheme. The Colonial Secretary... Hon. Members will doubt remember that on 2nd

they May Inst

approved the undertaking of the Aberdeen Mr. MacDonald's Secretáry. Water Scheme at an estimated cost New York, Sept. 5. of $2,702,000 and the expenditure Sir Robert Vansittart, Mr. Mac- of a sum of $550,000 during the Donald's principal private secre-current year. The work is in pro- tary, has arrived, and sees Mr.gress and I have now to ask the Stimson to-day-Reuters American | Council to approve the appro Service.

priation of a further sum of $1,000,000 to continuo the work next year. The scheme is well koown to all Hon. Members and heads, I think, no further explana

catchment area of 3,278 acres are across Stanton Creek near Aber calculater to have a capacity of Ideen and the other at the brick-7.25 million gallons a day; but a closets and sewers the majorit through the courtesy of Messrs. S. ing being roached under which ment has reason to hope that the case of section 45 of the principal works close to Deep Water Buy.modest estimate of the full water This reservoir would have

supply requirements of the and capacity of 2,500 million gallous is ten million gallons a day. Thus but its catchment would be small the extinuated supply falls short of for its size, although the overflows the estimated requirements by 2.75 from the Aberdeen and Wong-nai million gallons a day, At first chung reservoirs could be diverted sight it might therefore, seem into it. All water from it would that an additioned delivery of have to be pumped; and, in view of the great length of the dams, more than three million gallons a day through the harbour pipe-lina the considerable

resumptiona would suffice for our present installation of an elaborate and "The Pilgrim's Song of H necessary and the heavy contin- needs. But two considerations gent works, the reservoir would be combine to make the outlook less costly. Moreover, in the public favourable. In the first place, Interest it is not advisable to sub-Old Kowloon and New Kowloon merge this valuable area of flutare growing at an abnormal rate. land, the last such aron remain Now, including that part of the ing in Hongkong island. Finally Sheng-mun scheme already com- It would be possible to build two pleted, the existing waterworks on additional reservoirs with

an the mainland have a total storage aggregate capacity of 114 million of 501,750,000 gallons and a total gallons in the Talkoo catchment cutchment area of 4,270 acres. on the slopes of Mount Batier. Their estimated capacity is five But the water rights in this locality million gallons a day, while are held by Musara, Butterfield and modest estimate of the full water Swire, whose existing reservoirs supply requirements of Old and Government would have to acquire Now Kowloon is 4.18 million gal-out the year. This should become "Boss of the House," as a preliminary to further de-lons a day. There is, therefore, at possible in 1932, when the first sec-Soanie McLean," velopment; and, even if resump-present only a surplus of 820,000 tion of the Sheng-mun scheme, the

Comedian, Sir Harry Laudor, tion were effected, it seems likely gallons a day available on the Kowloon Byewash reservoir and "The Dear Homeland." (Slaughter). that most of the water procurable mainland; and in a few years the new Aberdeen reservoir will, "Song of the Volga Bontmen,"

Bass-Baritone, Peter Dawson. would be needed for the Taikou time, if the population on the we hope, all have been completed;

"The Valkyrie-Fire Music," Sugar Refinery and Dockyard and northern shores of the harbour for the capacity of the existing

(Wagner), that comparatively Httle could be contindes to increase, this surplus waterworks on the island, namely

Allert Coston and Symphony made available for public uae. will have vanished. Then again 7.25 million gallons a day, will

Orchestra. The examination of these six there is a second consideration. be increased by 3% million gallons "Or Man River," schemos has, therefore, led my Go-The utmost, which the harbour

a day from Sheng-mun and 2.12 "Oh Lacindy," verument to conclude that all six | pipe-llno now about to be con- million gallona a day from Aber- should be postponed unit the structed can deliver, is 3% million deen. The maximum rate of "A scheme for providing Flongkong gallons a day. But bitter experi- island with water from the main-enee this year has shown us that supply to the island would, there- land has been pap to the test. in time of drought only one million

gallons a day Bow down the con- gallons a day for a demand which, The Sheng Mun Scheme.

dait from Sheng-mun valley; and according to the estimate of Mr. Construction work upon this in time of drought it is, therefore, R. M. Henderson, our Waterworks scheme, known as the Sheng-mun unlikely that much water. from Engineer, may in that year be as Scheme, began fas I have already Sheng-mium could be made avail-much as 11.6 million gallons a anid) in 1923. An access road 16 able on Hongkong island, unleas day (S.P. No. 4/1928, page 5). length from T-uu-wan to Pinchave been constructed apple Pass was completed in 1925, mainland,

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fore, amount to 12.87 million

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Orchestra,

Male Volers with piano,

The

I therefore move:

M. Briand Optimistic.

Geneva, Sept. 5. In a speech in the Assembly, M. Briand said he was sure the dis-tion from me. armament negotiations would succeed as soon as an Anglo- American naval agreement concluded, therefore he was surg | the work of the preparatory con- Rovelers.mittee on disarmament would lead to an agreement, and that an agreement would be reached be- Crawford.tween the naval Powers.

Organ Solo, Jense "Country Dance No. 1, "Pastoral Dance No. 2"

St. Louis Symphony Orenestra, "The Merrymakers' Dance No. (8,′′**

"Le Secret," Intermezzo, "Pirouette,"

Victor

was

"War has been taken by the throat and pilloried," said M. Briand in the course of his speech, which the Assembly, standing up, ovated. He began by saying that

comparable, but in' applying that force it could not evade difficulties without damaging its prestige.

The Kellogg Pael was part of the League, but a gap remained to be filled.

П 'Burn

Scheme, the cost to be met fromthey may still exercise a Inwful care over the child, such as pro- a future loan, and meanwhile toviding food, clothing, shelter and be charged as an advance from in some cases receiving service in the surplus balances of the return. The defence, however, has Colony,

The Colonial Treasurer seconded. been raised that the possession by an employer or an adopted parent Hon. Sir Henry Pollock-I pros not a inwful care and thereforo

fpel in width and 1.92 miles in and until more storage reservoirs When we are thus a little ahead of "The Song of the palon Orchestra. the League's moral force was in-pose that this motion also stand the accused, who may have

Further Works,"

OR

the

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over.

Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton merits, whatever, should be ac- quitted. That defence has never acconded.

The motion was deferred until actually been upheld by the Courts so far as I know. On the other hand it has never actually been the next meeting of the Council,

Person Amendment Ordinance. He then expressed confidence in The Attorney General moved the negatived. Crocs in which it has an agreement, and concluded by Arst reading of a Bill intituled been raised have gone off on somo tributing the Hague conference na "An Ordinance to amend the Of other ground and the impression met from general votes, was in ontribution to peace, es- fences against the Person Ordin-appears to

exlst among certain 1928 as follows:

of

Maintenance, votes, Hong-

kong island Maintenance voles, main-

land Salaries of staff

So I come to the question waterworks finance. The capital

82,957.82 131,454,00

the daily demand, and not lagging"Dawn in De Cane-Brake,"

Comedian, Frank Crumit. behind the requirements of our

"Lady Luck," Vocal Gems, population in the matter of water "The Vagabond King," Vocal Gems, In the same year were also com-

supply, we ought to be able to

H. M. V. Light Opera Company. pleled the intake dum across the

10.30 p.m. Close down, Sheng-mon River above Pineapple.

One much reservoir for intereag-abolish the rider-mains and give a Pass, the temporary conduit 6,000 ing water storage on the mainland metered service throughout Vie- foot in length from this intake to is already under constraction, toria City, the cost of water being the point where the dam in the namely the Kowloon Byewash paid for in proportion to the Sheng-mun gorge will be built, the Reservoir. Its site is in the valley amount consumed and at a price the Colony's North Conduit 2,000 feet in length immediately below the existing commensurate with from this point to the opening of ¦ Kawloon reservoir. It has an outlay on waterworks. the North Tunnel, and the South estimated capacity of 175 million

Finance, Conduit 2,000 feet in length be-gallons, and I will impound the

the tween

North

Hud

South overflows bath from Kowloon Tannels. In 1920 the North reservoir and from the raw water Tunnel 2,160 feet in length reception reservoir in the lower through Smugglers Ridge and the Shok-Jai-pui valley. It requires lay of this Government on South Tunnel 4,689 feet in length nu contingent works such as Alters Waterworks from the date when Through Golden Hill were completor pumping plant; and, although the first storage scheme at l'ok-fu- ed, and so also was the reservoir not a part of the Sheng-man lam was begun down to with a capacity of 33 million gal-scheme, it can be developed present time is Ions in the lowar Shok-laf-pul economically in connexion with valloy, bullt to receive raw water that scheme. Its coat is estimated delivered through these tunnels, at $600,000. Its construction was In the following year 150 feet of approved by resolution of this the North Tunnel were straighten- {Council on the 24th January lust. el and 3.200 feet of 24" steel mais I have now described all the were laid. This trunk main will | works already anedioned and Wong-nai-ch'ung reser-

voir. But there voir Bowen bring the Sheng-mun water, to actually in progress.

Road Kowloon Point and will have a fare further waterworks, which

filters and contingent total length of 24,030 feet with a

we are anxious to take in hand feed to the Kowloon distribution as soon as the, schemes for them system at Pipars Hill, where have been worked out in detail and covered reinforced concrete ser vlce reservoir with a capacity of 1% million gallons was completed is, 1925.

Immediately below the reception reservoir in the lower

autimates of their cost prepared. We hope, with as little delay as possible to begin the construction of a dan in the Sheng-mun gorge. Its site has already been located,

follows:

the

new

tablishing ли atmosphere ofance, 1865." He said: The main person that it is a good defence. confidence which facilitated

provisions of the Bill and the chief There is a danger, therefore, that $290,434.47 Bettlement of other problems.

reason for its introduction, is con-officers of the Government may re- tained in clause 3. It proposes to frain from prosecuting in the belief Hearers Electrifled.

insert a new Section, 45 (a), in Lire that the defence is a good ono.

It is also perhaps just as well to After half an hour of platitudes principal Ordinance. That on the League's work M. Briand section is an attempt to deal with place the legal position beyond all $510,846.29 electrified his hearers by warmly the evil popularly known as the doubt. It is accordingly proposed

welcoming the Anglo-American sale of

children. The section to amend uection 46 of the prin- On the basis of this calculation naval conversations. Ile said if avoids the use of that term because cipal Ordinance so as to provide total sum of $1,307,079

per auch an agreement was possible, I think that suggests two things. that the adopted parent or em- anu would have to be collected which they hoped, the preparatory First of all, a transaction which player shall be deemed for the pur- as revenue by this Government, in commission would be able to con- can and does confer rights, and, uses of this section-that is, for order to pay for the cost of its vene a disarmament conference at secondly, a transaction which is re- the purposes of prosecuting and waterworks. In polut of fact, un early date.

cognised as a proper ane by the punishing the kidnapper-to have however, the income of this Gov- He emphasised that a solution of Government. The transaction the lawful care or charge of the nel contingent works $455,300 ment from waterworks during the disarmament question must be which purports to convey control kidnapped child provided that noth- political, and not merely practical. and possession of a child for money ing in this scelion shall be con- strued as interfering with any 2. Tytam scheme

1,424,021

$567,073,00 Referring to the optional clause, confers, in English law,

he, said Mr. MacDonald's announce rights whatever. Accordingly the rights possessed by the Secretary 708,808.00 ment

AA .conferring was a very great event.section refers to transactions the for Chinese Affairs and nothing France had already signed the objects of which are to transfer the shall be construed $1,326,671.68 clause, with reservations having re-possession or control of a minor for upon any adopted parent or em

ference to something which might a valuable consideration. This sec-player any rights of possession, of Therefore, upon this estimate, be regarded as having expired, and tion makes such transactions illegal the child as against the child itself 3,010,010 our revenue from waterworks is therefore France will not let this except in two cases. In the caseer as against the child's parents

$631,408 less than it should be assembly conclude without renew-where the transaction is bona fide or guardians. 396,665 Moreover, as I have already said, ing her signature.

(a) Waterworks on Hongkong island-

I. Pok-fu-lam reservair

3.

works work

4. West Point filter-beds intermediate

5. Tytam

*cheme...

f. Tytam-tuk scheme

7. Elle filter-beds and

Rervice reservoir

8. Pak-fu-lam pumping-

station Eustern filter-beds scheme

Shek-lai-pui yalley is the site of " and it is roughly calculated that rapid gravity filteration plant to deal ultimately with 20 million e reservoirs so formed will 10. Workshop und plant gallons a day. The first section of impound between 1,000 and 1,500 11. Bowen this plant, capable of filtering five million gallons according to the million gallone a day, has already height of the dam. I shall be been, completed and is now in prepared to put this scheme, before operation. ·Adjoining

theae you and Invite you to approve it

The Pipe Lines,

Road filter-beds conversion 12, Shou-ki-wan supply 13. Repulse Bay supply

Miscellaneous 14. Distribution works...

water works minor extensions to mains

15.

1928 was as follow: 2% rating tax Excess water charges and meter rents.....

330,127 37,431

1,040,058

587,862

324,923

$8,099,016

(b) Waterworks on the mainland: 1. Original pumping

scheme.

2. Kowloon reservoir and

gravitation scheme

3. Shek-lai-put reservoir. 4. Fan-ling water-supply 6. Tai-po water-supply..

Distribution works...

1. Lai-chi-kok water-boat

dock

8. Miscellaneous.

workn

water-

4. Sheng-mun waterworks

to 30/0/29

102,627

2,320,130

4.

onco

no

The Bill also makes some minor and solely for the purpose of a pro-

in the case alterations in that same section posed marriage and where it is bona fide and solely for which are explained in the Objects the purpose of proposed adoption, and Reasons. I beg to move the in each case according to Chinese first reading.

The Colonial Secretary seconded custom. One knows that money does pass on these occasions and the Bill was read a first time. whether as a consideration for the transfer of the control the individed O not is

matter, other

but money and

does

ope

of

Accessories and Abettors. The Attorney General moved the intituled an- fint reading of a Bill does "An Ordinance to amend the law

not relating to accessories to and abet- offences." He

it is safe to predict that the Hong- He concluded with an eloquent up 215,861 kong Government will have to pent to the League to see that the spend a further sum of about ten younger generation was not subject $7,900 million dollars upon waterworks ed to the poisonous influences of construction additional to that war, and especially urged the women in of the world to take up the matter. 144,990 already sanctioned and now

87,300 progress. It is also quite certain-Router. 82,680 that annually. recurrent mainten- 768,821

anco expenditure both. on the is land and the mainland will in dance with a sliding scale, which filtera, there is under construction as soon as reliable estimates of 11

crease and that in future years the would be comparatively low for wish to interfere in any way with tors of indictable a covered reinforced concrete ser-cost are available. Moreover, it]

salaries of the waterworks staff the first few gallons a day, but regular and unobjectionable cus sald: The present Accessories and vice reservoir with a capacity of is possible that further examina- eleven million gallons.

will cost us more. Assuming then steadily increase for each gallon tom observed by a large part of the Abettora Ordinance, 1865, deals The ex- tion of the Sheng-mun valley may penditure incurred on the develop-indicate the advisability of con-

that our total capital outlay on thereafter, In order to check excess population of the Colony. There with accessories to and abettors of mont of this Sheng-mun scheme up structing à sccond storage reser-

waterworks will before very long consumption. It would also before, these two cases are expressly felonies and misdemeanors made. to the 30th June last was voir higher up the stream than the

amount to 28 million dollars and desirable that water accounts excepted. With these two excep-auch by Ordinance, It contains $ 126,612 that our $2,326,490, the whole of which has site in the gorge; but the heat

annually recurrent should be rendered monthly, and tions it will be an offence when no reference to offences made been charged to the Colony's loun location of this dam for this second

waterworks expenditure, when not quarterly as at present. Such this section is enacted, to take any felonies and misdemeanors by Act 1,659,809 Account;

reservoir has not yet been deter-

that time comes, may be (say) a change would, of course, involve part, or attempt to take any part of Parliament. Of course certain 207,608 mined. It is also very likely that

44,752 $760,000, then on the basis above a curtain amount of extra work in any transaction one of the ob- English acta apply in this Colony. this Council will be invited bofure

28,175 indicated we should have to col-both at the Treasury and in the feets of which is to transfer poseg, the acts enforced on the date

Office. But In order that water from the long to approve the construction

476,087 lect an annual revenue of just Waterworks

the stasion, custody or control of any when this Colony obtained a local on the 5th of April, Sheng-mun scheme may be avail- of cafehwaters running along the

three million dollars, in

legislature order advantages quite, outweigh this minor under 18 years of age for able. on Hongkong laland, works whole southern face of Tal-mo-

620,410 to make our waterworks, not objection. With monthly accounts, any valuable consideration.

1843. They still apply unless they The section also provides in order i have been altered by focal legisla estimated to cost $361,602 must shan and discharging through

remunerative, but self-supporting. high consumption is at still be completed, including the Pineapple Pass into the Sheng-

forcibly brought to the notice of to facilitate proof of offences, that lion since. Also, certain English land pipo-line to Kowloon Point, mun vorge reservoir, for it is

Necessity for Economy.

consumers; the chances of bad the Magistrate before whom tho and the pipe-line across the bed estimated that an additional catch-

There is another consideration debts or fraud are much diminisht-case comes is to be entitled to formacie Passed since that date apply Important that we should have the of Hongkong harbours Of thement area of 2,575 acres would

$5,651,550 which must be carefully weighed. ed; and a large sum of money is his own opinion of the age of the expressly to the Colony, and it is

minor whether definite evidence pipe-line on the mainland 20,280 thus be obtained. But the feet have already been completed,chemes known as the second,

I have said that it is the aim of brought into the Treasury several of age be given or not. It also same power of dealing with accca- leaving 3,300 feet to be laid at third and fourth sections of the

nder Waterworks, authorized and the Hongkong Government to give months earlier than under the provides that there is no defence in series and abettors when offences

the quarterly account system. every house connected with

a charge under the section that the are created by Act of Parliament Sham-shui-po and 450 feet, across

as when they are created by Ordin- 4 361,002 waterworks, both on the Island It is evident, gentlemen, that minor consented to the transaction ance, One very important case is the railway terminua. Eventually Sheng-mun valley waterworks are

and on the mainland, a full supply we ought soon to reconsider both or that the minor received a cou-that of the felony of piracy with there will also be 3,000 feet on still in a very rough and incohate

600,000 of filtered water throughout the the methods by which we raise our sideration or any part thereof, acts endangering life. That is a Hongkong island; but it is not pro-form. though it is safe to predict

2,702,000 year. But, if this is to be done, it waterworks revenue and also the because an individual of that age folony by an set of 1837 and un posed to undertake this section of that in the near future the Hong- the land pipe-line until late in next kong Government will have to

is clearly necessary to take steps rates which we charge. But I am is not actually of a sufficient age to year. Instead a temporary con-spend about ten million dollars

43,063,302 to impress upon all householders reluctant to move in this matter form a just judgment of a trans- fortunately it is an offence which fe an importaat ons for this par- the world. The watorworks nexion with the city mains nearpon

and residents in the Colony the until the waterworks now under action of that kind. It also pro- ticular, part of construction Statue Pier will be made in the additional to that already sanc-

civic duty of conserving, and not construction have advanced to the vides there shall be no defence to first instance, in order to expedite tinned And now in progress.

warding, water. I can think of no stage at which we can give Hong-charge under the section that the present Bill proposes to re-enact the delivery of water from the When this has been done, and if The grand total is, therefore, better way of doing, this than to kong fyland and the mainland a accused believes or has reasonable the ordinance of 1865 Inserting as well as to pur own ordinances. mainland to the island. The the pipeline across the bad of the $18,214,168. Upon this sum make all who conaume water pay full supply throughout the year, ground to believe that the minor references to Acts of Parliament It also omita from the Statute Book drawings and details of the harnrbour proves to be a success, charge of 2% per annum for de- by meter for what they consume. instead of the intermittent supply is not under the age of 18.

IR ong more pro- the section of the old Ordinance bour pipe-line have been worked the requirements both of Hong-preciation and maintenance, plus If that is to be our policy, then the which has been only too common Thero

in the section which is which dealt with the subject on at' out submitted to the Consulting kong island and of Old and New 0% per aumunt as interest on so-called "free allowance" would during recent years. No motion vision Engineers and approved by them Kowloon shoulit for a time bende capital outlay, would amount to have to be abolished. We should on this subject will, therefore, be inserted by way of abundant tainder, because attainder has now The pipes, which ara 12" diameter

quately supplied,

$1,467,133 per annum. There also have to abolish the 2% water brought before you in connexion precaution and to emphasise the been abolished. I beg to move the stacl mains, iro due for delivery

must be added to this figure the rale: and, of course,. the rider with next year's budget. But It view of English law that money frat reading. in the Colony at the end of this

annually recurrent waterworks mains. Instead. we should require is more than likely that, when the Payments never can confer rights The Colonial Treasurer seconded month, and meanwhile dredging:

The possibility of using salt expenditure of this Government all houses connected, with the budget for 1991 is under corsidera. of control over human belage, Sub and the Bill was read a first time,

Adjournment. operations along the line across

The Council adjourned until the bed of the harbour have been water for fire fighting, for road which, neglecting special stormwater-mains to instal meters, and tion, you will be invited, to give section 6 provides that nothing in and exclusive of the consumers of water to pay for the question of waterworks finance this section shall be construed as

recognising in any way whatsoever! Thursday, September 19, coralmenced. We now hope that watering and for fucking Bewers damage Sheng-mun water may be brought has been carefully investigated. upkeep of office and expenditure their metered supplies in accor- your special attention.

Use of Salt Water.

construction:-

1. Harbour

scheme

pipe-line

2. Kowloon byo.wash re-

servoir

3. Aberdeen scheme..

A Debit Balance,

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