The filling in of the pond at the rear of the Settlement will be of great benefit to all, and is now being rapidly effected by the Municipal Council. Messrs. R. Anderson & Ca. have now given their consent to having their portion filled in and taken over by the Council. When the work is done, instead of a stagnant and stinking pond, filled with the drainage from the adjacent Chinese quarter, there will be a good-sized plot of land' which it is understood will be used for ever as a public recreation ground. Until recently swarms of coolies filled the foreshore and back streets digging and carrying mud, but the work is now temporarily interrupted by the continued rains and the cold. It is to be hoped thatthe whole work may be completed before the river rises.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.