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66. (Item 21.) Training Nullahs.-The following is a list of works com- pleted under this vote during the year:
Training Western District Nullahs,
Do.
Nullahs above Conduit Road and Queen's Road East, adjoining Military Can- tonment,
$5,642.65
Do.
Nullah through Inland Lots Nos. 754 and
757.......
5,377.80
1.827.78
The nullahs in Western District were commenced in 1903 and finished in February, 1904 These were described in the Report by the Director of Public
Works of 1903.
The training of the nullahs above Conduit Road and one in Queen's Road East was completed at a cost of $5,377.80. They were trained with lime con- crete of semi-circular section with 3" cement concrete facing, The total length trained being 1,371 lin. ft.
The nullah between Inland Lots Nos. 754 and 757 was constructed at a total cost, including new culvert ($538.60), of $3,096.96 of which the owners of the Lots paid $1,269.18 by agreement. The culvert was 5′ 0′′ × 4′ 0′′ of stone side walls and cement concrete invert. The nullah walls are of stone with cement concrete invert.
67. (Special vote.) Training Nullahs in the vicinity of Bay View Hotel.-These nullahs are of semi-circular form 3′ 6′′ in diameter. The total length is 3,009 lin. ft., and the cost was $9,800.12 of which $300.12 was paid out of the vote “Train- ing Nullahs."
[Note. For detail report of nullah training in the Colony during this year, see Appendix C.]
Improvements in Lighting Approaches to Harbour.
68. (Item 22.) (Special vote.) Improving the Green Island Light.-This work forms part of the scheme for improvement of lighting of approaches to the Harbour and a special vote of $9,300 was taken for it, and it was begun in October. It is proposed to transfer the first order light at Cape D'Aguilar, not in use, to Green Island. This necessitates the erection of a somewhat higher and larger tower. No great amount of work was done before the end of the year. The foundatious of the new tower and quarters were finished and a commencement made on the superstructure.
New Territory Survey.
69. (Item 23.) New Territory Survey.-This survey was completed early in the year, and a general map of the New Territory on a scale of 2" to a mile, com- posed of eleven sheets, was prepared by Mr. NEWLAND shewing contours, streams, roads, paths, villages, cultivated areas, &c. The map was forwarded to England for reproduction and has since been received. Mr. NEWLAND retur ed to India in May after forwarding a special Report to the Government on this work. (See Sessional Paper No. 14).
There are 65 Demarcation Districts, covering an area of 23,892.60 acres. surveyed on the 16" scale. These had not been re-surveyed on the 32" scale on account of the expense entailed, as it was believed that the plans on the 16" scale would suffice, but they are practically useless for land sale purposes, most of the villages being shewn in one block without distinguishing boundaries or roads.
According to Mr. NEWLAND'S Report referred to above there are 8,928 Tra- verse Stations in the New Territory, of these 4,712 have been marked with earthenware cylinders leaving 4,216 marked with pickets.
It is found that a large number of the cylinders have been removed and destroyed by the villagers, particularly in Survey District IV between Sham-shui- po and Lai-chi-kok, steps will be taken to reinstate the more important of these stations with more permanent marks. It has been decided that permanent marks are not necessary in all cases, for stations which are on hill-sides and away from cultivation.
It was found that certain areas of cultivation had been overlooked in the ori ginal survey, the chief of these being the Islands of Siu A Chau and Tai A Chau, situated off the South-east of Lantao Island; these have now been surveyed and Demarcation Sheets for them prepared.