To the Editor of the Noxra-Curva Dany News.
Sr,—There can be no doubt as to the advisability of having a correct official survey made of Hongkew, but the matter is not a pressing one, I am entirely opposed to paying ten or even seven thousand taels for such survey, and the more as the present revenue is not equal to the expenditure.
The Surveyor to the Council is the proper man to make the survey; and if it and the current work are too much for him-to accomplish with his present staff then temporarily provide him with a properly qualified assistant, It is of the greatest importance that the survey be accurately made, and in a reasonable time. A properly qualified assistant at a month could probably be found, and in a year's time the plan should be completed. As roads are made or extended they should be immediately Inid down on the official plan. If this had been attended to in bygone years the community would not be in wait of a plan to-day.
Yours truly, Tare Line.
8th March, To the Editor of the
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