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(c) The removal of a portion of the ramp on the east side of the Officers' Quarters, Victoria
Gaol and other works in connection therewith. (C.S.O. 94)
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(d) The construction of an enclosure wall around the Lunatic Asylums. (C.S.O. 7.) (a) was taken in hand under the annual contract No. 4 for repairs to buildings outside Victoria. Mr. TSANG KENG being the contractor, very slow progress has been made with the work, and I take this opportunity of recording the unsatisfactory manner in which this contractor is perform- ing his contract generally.
(b) is practically completed, the work was done under contract No. 14, viz., the annual contract for repairs to buildings in Victoria.
(c) A contract No. 1 was entered into with Mr. Foo SIK on the 29th May last, for the execu- tion of this work, which so far has proceeded satisfactorily.
(d) This work is completed, it was done under contract No. 1894, and seems to fulfil in every respect the object for which it was designed.
17. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Victoria.-The work has been principally confined to repairs more or less of a minor nature. Until all the drainage and sewerage works, which necessitate the opening and breaking up of the thoroughfares, are completed, ricksha and horse traffic must necessarily suffer some inconvenience; but knowing the importance of maintaining the roads and streets of the City in good repair I will not fail to give the matter careful attention.
18. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges out of Victoria.-The damage done to the Aberbeen and Shaukiwan Roads by the storms of September and October 1893 has been restored.
The new and old Aberdeen Roads, the road from Deep Water Bay to Stanley, and the road to Cape D'Aguilar, have been repaired. Several of the old timber bridges spanning watercourses have been removed, and new bridges formed of iron rails and concrete constructed in their place. (C.S.O.'s 2789 and 184.)
19. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Kowloon.As reported in C.S.O. 1, the Military Authorities have allowed a quantity of earth to be washed on to the surface of Elgin Road from War Department land, much to the inconvenience of pedestrian and ricksha traffic. Otherwise the roads and streets in the Peninsula are in a good state of repair.
20. Miscellaneous Services.-A temporary Matshed Small-pox Hospital has been constructed by Mr. Ko SHING for $450 in accordance with his tender dated the 10th May. (C.S.O. 764.)
21. Maintenance of Waterworks.-The Waterworks have been maintained in a satisfactory condi tion without any exceptional expenditure.
The scarcity of water which prevailed during the spring rendered the intermittent system again
necessary.
I attach a report from the Water Authority giving particulars and statistics of the water supply during the period under review.
22. Maintenance of Sewers.-The sewers throughout the Colony have been maintained in a satisfactory condition. The expenditure incurred on the special work of flushing and disinfecting, which was done after the outbreak of the plague may, I think, fairly be charged to the vote covering plague expenses.
23. Lighting of the City of Victoria and Kowloon.—The Hongkong and China Gas Company and the Hongkong Electric Light Company have each performed the work under their contracts in a satisfactory manner.
24. Maintenance of Public Recreation Ground.-The Public Recreation Ground has been main- tained in a good condition at a small cost.
25. Land Survey Branch.-During the past six months, five land sales have taken place, the area leased being 21,603 square feet.
Seven extensions have been granted to existing lots.
Twenty-three lease plans have been forwarded to the Land Office in addition to the plans and particulars of leases, which have also been forwarded to that office for the preparation of the leases recommended by the Squatters' Board, in respect of the village of Shaukiwan.
26. Surveys have been made of 18 lots, also of the proposed site for Military Hospital in the Bowen Road; of Military land and reserves, Sywan Bay; of the Plague Cemetery at Sandy Bay; and of the eastern half of Kowloon Peninsula.
27. Inspection of Buildings and Work under the Building Ordinance.-During the current year, plans for 9 European houses, 59 Chinese houses, 14 miscellaneous structures, and for 68 alterations to existing houses, have been deposited.
Sixty-seven buildings have been certified under section 53 of Ordinance 15 of 1889. Permission has been granted to erect 10 verandahs and 5 piers over Crown land.
Twenty-four notices have been issued to remove, or otherwise make safe, structures dangerous to
the public at large, and 2 notices to remove verandah enclosures.
Four hundred and fourteen miscellaucous notices and permits have been issued.