THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH APRIL, 1905.
Extent of the work.
7. The figures of Mr. NEWLAND's report on the Survey work conveniently show the largeness of the task before the Land Court.
His table is as follows :-
Statement giving Cadastral Survey Figures, for the New Territory including Islands.
DISTRICT.
ings demarcated.
The Mainland including the following Islands :-Kato, Double Island, Tap Mun, Pak Lap Chau, Kau Sai, Im Tin Tsz and Tsing I Islands,
388
85 365
450
24,214.64|13,309.39 37,524.03| 281,352
Lan Tao,..
72
Chip Lap Kok Island,
Ni Ku Chau,
Peng Chau, (near Lan Tao),
Cheung Chan..................
:
75
75
2
2
3
2,659.96 2,659.96
37,147
:
24.87
24,87
396
:
16.75
16.75
426
28.92
28.92
239
3
113.90
118.90
619
Ma Wan,..
1
52.26
52.26
218
Lamma,
10
12
12
155.09
155.09 4,693
Pu Toi,
33.51
33.51 1,140
Peng Chau, (in Mirs Bay),
คง
2
128.66 128.66 2,409
Total,..
477
85
471
556 24,214.64 16,523,31 40,737.95| 328,639
REMARKS.
Includes 5 maps of Kowloon City surveyed on the 64-inch scale.
In addition to the above there are 6 Maps of Old Kowloon (uot demarcated) on the 32′′ scale, and one Map of Lan Tao coast lines on 32" scale, not demarcated owing to no cultivation. Total number of Maps=563.
To Mr. NEWLAND's figures must still be added over 20,000 houses omitted from the 16" scale Surveys which were numbered and so dealt with; and also the Surveys of large claims in New Kowloon made by Mr. B. W. GREY of the Public Works Department who was deputed for this work from the 17th July, 1901, to the 9th September, 1902, and surveyed a total area of 2,936 acres.
Slowness of Early Progress.
8. The initial staff of the Land Court was too small to grapple speedily with the mass of detailed investigation before it. The following suggestions for increasing the rate of progress were made by Mr. GOMPERTZ (Gazette 1901 pp. 916-7).
"It would accelerate the work of the Court considerably to have two more Cadets who might be styled Assistant Registrars to work in advance of the Court and prepare the ground for its operations. All the claims would by this means be got in, compared with the maps, and tabulated before the Court was ready to sit. Mr. WooD is at present performing this very useful work at Tai Po and I see no reason why he should not after six months' experience of the work of Registrar be given a limited jurisdiction in undisputed claims.
This would make the settlement more than twice as rapid as it is now. Five-sixths of the cases would be dealt with before reaching the Land Court which would not then be occupied with the innumerable details which have to be dealt with in the preliminary stages."
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