additional gantry. Minor repairs were done to bridges Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7. All these bridges were repainted with bituminous paint. Rotten sleepers on bridges Nos. 20, 24 and 36 were renewed. The sluice gate in the culvert at Ma Liu Shui Station was overhauled.
46. Road Level Crossings. The road level crossings near Holt's Wharf and at Miles 7, 9, 131, 18, 19 were overhauled. All the crossing gates in the New Territories were repainted.
47. Seawalls. Loose stone pitchings in the seawalls between Mile 103 and Mile 12 were repointed with cement mortar. The total area repointed amounted to 550 sq. yds.
48. Station Buildings. (a) All the buildings within the railway boundary were inspected periodically for white ants by white ant exterminating contractors.
(b) Major overhauls were done to the station buildings at Yau Ma Tei, Sha Tin, Ma Liu Shui and Tai Po.
(c) The roof of the Head Office building at Kowloon was laid with asphalt roofing felt and bitumen to prevent leakage during heavy rains.
49. Staff Quarters. Major repairs were done to the ganghut and headmen's quarters at Mile 10, the traffic quarters at Yau Ma Tei and Sha Tin Stations, and the workshop foremen's quarters at Hung Hom. The portions of the 'B' quarters at Railway Terrace, Hung Hom, which were in a bad condition were redecorated.
50. Extensive damage was done to the cuttings and embankments at various sections of the main line by the heavy rainstorm in June and the workshop compound at Hung Hom was flooded. Temporary repairs were effected as quickly as possible even when the rainstorm was raging. Permanent repairs and protective works began immediately after the rainstorm including the construction of retaining walls in the cuttings at Mile 11, Mile 12, Mile 33, Mile 51 and Tai Po Market; protective toe walls in the embankments at Mile 2, Mile 53 and Mile 6; replaster- ing of the slope and repairs to storm water channels in the cuttings at Mile 14 and Mile 153; improvements to drainage in the workshop compound, and at Sha Tin and Mile 124; the clearing of inverts of bridge No. 13 and bridge No. 29 and the turntable pit and nullah in the workshop compound.
51. New Work and Improvements. (a) To provide better catering facilities at Lo Wu Station, a new restaurant was constructed with a seating capacity of 53. It is a one-storeyed reinforced cement concrete
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