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the work completed within a reasonable time an agreement was made with TSANG KENG to complete the whole of the work still unfinished and included in the said Contract on or before the 11th January, 1898. The total quantity of work executed under this agreement is 1,665 cubic yards of lime con- crete in foundations of Praya road, 1,119 superficial square of roads and footpaths levelled and formed to shape, 55,331 square feet lime concrete 6" deep laid and rolled surfacing of roads, 11,276 square feet of lime concrete 4" deep laid and rolled surfacing of footpaths, 392 superficial squares of road macadamized, 160 lineal feet of side channel 2 feet wide laid and 298 lineal feet of channel taken up and relaid,
Section No. 3.-The sea wall is 1,060 feet long and the reclaimed land assignable to the Crown Lessees has an area of 216,688 square feet.
Contract No. 23.-made with TSANG KENG on the 4th March, 1895, for completing the upper portion of the sea wall, landing steps and landing pier (above the concrete blocks) constructing storm water drains, reclaiming the land, levelling and forming the roads and footpaths, constructing side channels, concreting and macadamizing the roads, footpaths, &c., &c., the whole to be completed on or before the 11th April, 1898. The quantity of work executed during the year under review is as follows, viz., 52,051 cubic yards earth filled in reclamation, 19,605 cubic feet granite ashlar set in cement in sea wall, 415 cubic yards cement concrete backing of sea wall, 1,15 cubic yards rubble stone hand-packed backing of sea wall, 275 cubic yards lime concrete in counterforts and foundation of Praya road, 657 cubic feet granite ashlar in cement in storm water drains, 1,180 lineal feet of stoneware pipes laid in storm water drains, 3,168 superficial feet lime concrete 3" deep under paving. 11,704 superficial feet lime concrete 4" deep surfacing of footpaths, 6,815 superficial lime concrete 6" deep foundations of drains, 2,342 cubic feet rough granite in lime mortar in retaining wall, 2,742 superficial feet granite paving taken up and relaid, 531 superficial feet channel formed in concrete and rendered in cement, 451 lineal feet of channel taken up and relaid, 2,049 lineal feet of granite curb and channel laid in cement, No. 3 manholes built, 19 gullies and gratings set, No. 14 ring-bolts fixed complete and 1,298 cubic feet of granite in old sea wall taken down, the stone cleaned and stacked on the reclaimed land in front of the Sailors' Home.
Departmental Work done by the Divers, &c., viz., 560 superficial feet foundations of sea wall and pier levelled, formed and concreted, 110 lineal feet of concrete blocks set containing 3,911 cubic feet weighing about 244 tons and 61 cubic yards rubble stone hand-packed backing of concrete blocks.
Section No. 4.-The sea wall is 929 feet long and the reclaimed land assignable to the Crown Lessees has an area of 76,563 square feet. The larger portion of the work on this section during the year under review has been done departmentally, viz., 1,442 superficial feet of foundations of sea wall levelled, formed and concreted, 237 lineal feet of concrete blocks set containing 8,243 cubic feet, and weighing about 515 tons, 82 cubic yards rubble stone hand-packed backing of concrete blocks and 1,894 cubic yards of mud raised by Dredger filled into junks and conveyed outside Green Island.
On the evening of the 7th March last a portion of the rubble stone foundations on a length of 314 feet whilst being weighted with 85,248 cubic feet of concrete blocks weighing about 5,328 tons, suddenly and withont warning, subsided to a depth of about 28 feet. All these blocks have been taken up except a few which have either been broken or lost in the mud.
Section No. 5.-The length of the sea wall is 1,374 feet and the area of the reclaimed land assign- able to the Crown Lessees is 155,243 square feet.
Contract No. 36, made with TSANG KENG on the 11th February, 1896, in Confidential C.S.O. No. 2 of 1896, for the construction of the rubble stone foundations of sea wall and storm water drains the whole to be completed on or before the 1st February, 1897.
On the expiration of the time of completion of the Contract the work being still unfinished and the progress slow and unsatisfactory, therefore with a view to getting the work completed so as to allow the upper surface of the rubble stone foundations of sea wall being levelled and concreted and the concrete blocks (forming base of sea wall) laid during the low tides of May, June and July, an agreement was made by the Crown Solicitor (C.S.O. No. 517 of '97) with TSANG KENG and his security, TAI SUN FAT, to complete and hand over the work in three instalments. The first or eastern third of the whole length to be completed on the 23rd April, the middle third on the 23rd May, and the last or western portion on the 8th June. The several portions were not, however, completed until the 16th May, 30th May and 2nd June, the whole being completed on the 17th June.
During the year under review 45,828 cubic yards of rubble stone and quarry chippings were used on this work and about 36,360 superficial feet of the upper surface of the rubble stone foundations roughly formed and levelled.
Contract No. 44 was made with YAU KUNG CHEUNG on the 10th May (Confidential C.S.O. No. 13 of 1897) for levelling, forming and concreting the upper surface of the rubble stone foundations of sea wall and landing steps on a length of 800 feet, raising foundation of ring-bolts, backing the first course of concrete blocks with rubble stone hand-packed, &c., the whole to be completed on or before the 13th August.