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South sides of it, with a compound in the middle, whilst the West side is left open. They are all of two storeys in height, with a basement where the site, which varies considerably in level, admits of one.
On the North side, facing Queen's Road, are the charge room, separate mess rooms for European, Indian and Chinese Constables, a dormitory for 1 Chinese firemen, an Interpreter's room and 3 cells on the ground floor, and, on the upper floor, quarters for an Inspector (4 rooms and bath-room), a Sergeant's room, dormitory for 4 European Constables, a bath-room and store-room. In a basement, which extends under à portion of the building and opens on to Queen's Road, there is a workshop and store and accommodation for a fire engine.
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On the South side are two dormitories for Indian Constables (32 beds in all) and two for Chinese (also 32 beds in all). A basement for storage purposes ex- tends under part of the building.
On the East side are the various kitchens, cook-houses and bath-rooms, besides a drying-room and lamp-room. Latrines are provided in a separate building.
The buildings are of brick, plastered over externally, and are roofed with double pan and roll tiling. A masonry and brick verandah, with concrete floor, projects from the North block over the footpath in Queen's Road, whilst the two remaining blocks have verandahs of iron and concrete, which serve as corridors. The floors of all rooms are of hardwood, iron beams being inserted where required to support the joists. The ceilings and cornices are of wood. The floors of bath- rooms, cook-houses, &c. are of cement concrete supported on iron beams. The compound is surfaced with concrete and is enclosed on the West side by a sub- stantial boundary wall.
45. Public Latrines and Urinals.-A latrine at the junction of Kennedy and Market Streets, Yaumati, containing 50 seats, begun in 1901, was completed. Another, containing 46 seats, situated near Gillies Avenue, Hung Hom, was begun and completed during the year; whilst a third, containing 38 seats, close to No. 3 Police Station, Queen's Road East, was begun. Urinal accommodation was provided in all of these, besides a room for an attendant. An iron latrine at Yaumati, which had been superseded by one of the more permanent structures mentioned above, was removed and re-erected North of Soy Street, Mongkoktsui. Four urinals of masonry and concrete, lined with glazed bricks, were begun in the early part of the year, but only one reached completion before its close, the principal cause of the delay being the failure of a local company to supply the glazed bricks. All the urinals referred to are situated in the City-one in Ice House Street; one in Queen's Road, under the Parade Ground; and the remaining two on the Praya, near the Canton and Macao Steam-boat Company's pier and the West end of Wing Lok Street, respectively. The contractor for the one under the Parade Ground absconded when the work was about half done and great difficulty was experienced in making arrangements for its completion.
46. Additional Accommodation at the Sheep and Swine Depôt.-The addition of an upper floor to one of the sheds on the middle terrace at Kennedy Town, was completed at the close of the year. The floor is constructed entirely of cement concrete, strengthened with iron rods and supported on steel joists which are in turn carried on rows of cast iron columns. The old roof and cast iron columns support- ing it, which were removed to make way for the new floor, were re-erected. Wrought iron fences divide the floor into pens and gangways and cement concrete troughs extend throughout the entire length of the building at the various rows of pens. A sloping gangway, constructed wholly of iron and cement concrete gives access to the new floor. Large openings protected with iron bars, are provided round the shed for ventilation.
47. Completion of Gaol Officers' Quarters.-The whole of these buildings, which are situated at the junction of Arbuthnot Road and Wyndham Street, were at length completed and occupied by the Gaol staff during the early part of the year. There are three separate main blocks of buildings, all of which are 3 storeys in height, with coolie quarters either wholly or partly detached.
No. 1 Block contains six sets of married quarters-3 sets of rooms and 3 sets of 3 rooms each--with separate kitchen, bath-room and servants' accommoda- tion. No. 2 Block is for Indian Warders and contains two dormitories (28 beds