There is every prospect that. Hongkong will soon be able to adopt the water-carriage sewage system. The change hag been Jong time coming, but at the last meeting of the Sanitary Board the President scored a big success. He introduced a scheme for changing' over from the present distasteful scheme to the water-carriage one, moved a resolution that the change should be made possible, and the resolution was carried' with only one dissentient.
For an up-to-date Colony like Hongkong we are very much behind hand in the method of dealing with sewage, and Europeans generally will welcome the change which has now been made possible. There is one really serious objection to the scheme, and this been referred to by the Director of Publia Works, A water-carriage system must neoes-sarily consume a large amount of water, and there have been times when Hongkong, in a long dry summer, has been almost on the verge of a water famine, which, on an island like ours, would be attended by very grave consequences, This is an eventuality which always has to be faced, and is one, also, which should be re membered by those who are keen on the new system. The change will come, of course, and we shall be a more healthy Colony in consequence, but the supply of water must be zealously conserved in preparation for a long dry season.
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