Kuangtung has now been issued, covering the period from July 1, 3924 to June 30, 1925 and supplies an interesting survey of the damage done in the floods of 1924, and the measures taken to repair this, introducing the report, ES. Tai, the director, dwells briefly on' previous flood' seasons and the probability of a cycle in these visitations, which "according to data, would appear to average at about 10 year inter The 1925 season was happily, free from high waters in the area, there was no great call upon the resources of the Bourd and a large amount of reconstruction and ime provement of dykes and flood gates was carried out. In dealing with this work, the Director calls attention to the paucity of revenue, which is a great obstacle to success, Inthe years grant from the then existing "Customs surplus made, but after this had been pended on flood protection work, the Board was compelled to carry with monthly grants from the Canton Customs revenues, which provided for only a very limited amount of repair work to" old The Board's Engineer in Chief, Major Olivererona, describes how id dykes which had withstood me numerable floods, gave way bee cause of many' years neglected maintenance, The 1924" inunde~ tion would have been considerably lessened if the Board's reconstruc tion schemes had been carried out,
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