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37. Isolation Hospital. This work has been completed and the buildings were handed over to the Medical Department on the 24th April. The main block contains 2 general wards (4 beds each— 119 square feet per bed) and 2 private wards (2 beds each-119 square feet per bed), 4 bathrooms, attendants' room, etc., and is surrounded by verandahs 8 feet wide. The coolie quarters, which are situated on a lower terrace adjoining Eastern Street and are connected with the main block by a covered way, contain accommodation for 10 attendants and coolies, besides kitchens, wash-house, drying-room, ironing-room, disinfecting room and store. The buildings are of Canton red brick with granite dressings, the main block having a base of stone-work 2 feet 6 inches high. The site is enclosed with an iron railing, 6 feet high, with separate gates for access to the hospital and coolie quarters. Since its completion the building has been converted into a lying-in hospital.
38. Extension of Station Street, Kowloon, and Streets at Mungkoktsui.-The streets have been formed and will be surfaced and finished off as soon as the gas and water mains have been laid. When the work is completed, it will be possible to reach Mongkoktsui by 'ricksha from the Kowloon Ferry Wharf, a performance which has hitherto been impracticable.
39. Taipingshan Improvement.-Substantial progress has been made with the work of laying out the resumed area and a large proportion of it is now available for the erection of buildings. From the abundant means of light and ventilation provided around the new building sites, the reputation of this locality should, in the future, be entirely changed and I think it is safe to predict that instead of being the breeding-ground for the germs of disease it will be the most healthy of the Chinese quarters of the City.
40. Storm-water Drain, Wing Fung Street. The contract for this work has been completed and all liabilities in connection with it have been discharged.
41. Salisbury Road, Kowloon.--This work was completed last year and all liabilities in connection with it have now been discharged.
42. Forming and Kerbing Streets, Kowloon.--A considerable number of the streets and lanès in the villages of Yaumati and Hunghom have been put in a thoroughly sanitary condition under this The formation of Kimberley and Observatory Roads and an extension of Station Street, Hunghom, are in progress.
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43. Forming and Kerbing Streets, Victoria. The principal work performed under this heading has been the laying out of some new streets in the vicinity of Jardine's Bazaar. The work is well advanced. 44. City of Victoria and Hill District Waterworks, Reservoir and Catchwater, Wongneichong Gap.— The excavation of the trench for the dam has been completed and concreting will shortly be begun. The heavy rainfall during June has interfered very much with this portion of the work as the groove in the foundation of the dam was continually filled up with mud and water after it had been cleaned out ready for receiving concrete. About 14,500 cubic yards of material have been excavated from a spur of the bill projecting into the reservoir, thereby increasing its capacity to a corresponding extent. Considerable progress has been made with the catchwater along the hillside, the greater part of the trench having been excavated and made ready for concreting.
Catchwater West of Tytam Valley.--Substantial progress has been made with this work and the channel has been completed for a length of 5,500 feet or rather more than a mile. The pipes for conveying the water into Tytam Reservoir across the intervening valley below the byewash dam have arrived from England and the piers on which they are to be carried have nearly been built ready to receive them.
Filter Beds and Service Reservoir.--The sites for the filter beds have nearly been excavated to the required levels whilst the excavation of the service reservoir has been completed, the floor concreted and the walls and pillars built to about half their height.
Service Reservoir, Peak.--Good progress has been made with this very necessary work. The excavation, consisting largely of rock, has been completed, the floor concreted and the walls and pillars are being built. The erection of the bungalow for the caretaker is about half completed.
New Mains in the City.The new water mains along Robinson, Caine and Bonham and Queen's Roads, and in Wyndham, Aberdeen, Staunton and Second Streets have been completed.
Extensions of Mains to North Point, and Wongneichong.-A contract has been let for digging the trenches required for this work, the pipes having arrived from England.
45. Gardeners' Cottages.-This building, which is being carried out under the superintendence of Messrs. DENISON and RAM, Architects, is nearing completion.
46. Extension of Gas Lighting, Kowloon.This work has been completed in the direction of Hungbom, 38 lamps having been provided and fitted with incandescent burners. Other extensions are being undertaken as they become necessary. There are now 93 lamps in Kowloon fitted with in- candescent burners.