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1. No. 1 Police Station.
List of places where Fire Despatch Boxes are located.
2. Engine House in Wanchai Road.
3. Engine House in Albany Street. 4. Royal Naval Yard.
5. Government Offices.
6. Government House.
7. House No. 7, Queen's Gardens.
8. Clock Tower.
9. Central Fire Brigade Station (4). 10. Central Police Station.
11. No. 9 Police Station.
12. House No. 1 Seymour Terrace.
13. Man Mo Temple.
14. Nam Pak Hong Engine House in Bonham
Strand.
15. Ko Shing Theatre.
16. Government Civil Hospital.
17. No. 7 Police Station.
18. The Gas Works Premises.
WM. C. H. HASTINGS, Acting Superintendent, Fire Brigade.
HONGKONG, 23rd January, 1896.
SIR, I have the honour to forward herewith a report on the state of the Government Fire Engines for the year ending 31st December 1895.
STEAMER No. 1.
(Floating Engine by Merryweather & Sons.)
This Engine has been 28 years in service (the Boiler one year). Since the beginning of the dry season in October last it has been almost continually under steam, and did some hard work at the fire on the Wandering Jew; it has also done some good work by feeding the land engines at several fires, and it is now in good order.
STEAMER No. 2.
·(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)
This Engine has been 17 years in service and is now stationed at Wanchai; it has been regularly tested at the monthly drills for drivers, and is now in good working order.
STEAMER No. 3.
(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)
This Engine has been 17 years in service. It has been mostly kept as reserve and used in relieving the other engines when required. It is now in good working order.
STEAMER No. 4.
(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)
This Engine has been 14 years in service. In the month of April last, while working at a fire in Queen Street the top of the discharge air-vessel was fractured and had to be renewed, the time occupied by the repairs was three days.
Since then it has done good service at fires and is now in good working order.
STEAMER NO. 5.
(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)
This Engine has been 10 years in service. It has done some good work during the year, has not been disabled at a fire and is now in good working order.
The Assistant Engineer and Drivers have given every attention to their duties.
The Honourable W. C. H. HASTINGS, R.N.,
Acting Supt., Govt. Fire Brigade.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
JOHN W. KINGHORN, Engineer, Govt. Fire Brigade.