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The main building contains the following accommodation :-Boat-shed with store, Offices for the Harbour Master, Assistant Harbour Master, Marine Surveyor, Assistant Marine Surveyors, Boarding Officers, Correspondence Clerks. Imports and Exports, Emigra- tion, Entry and Clearance, and Junk Registration branches (10 in all), a Marine Enquiry Court, an Examination Room for officers and engineers applying for certificates, a telegraph office, a look-out tower with mast for signals, one spare room, lavatories and quarters for the First Boarding Officer (4 rooms). The outbuildings contain quarters for an Indian Consta- ble, an Interpreter, 29 single boatmen, 3 rooms for married boatmen, servants' quarters for First Boarding Officer, two strong-rooms for records, 2 store-rooms, and the necessary kitchens and latrines.
The walls are of Canton red brick built in lime mortar and plastered externally, with the exception of the verandah on the ground floor which is built entirely of dressed granite. The roofs are covered with double pan and roll tiling, laid on timber purlins and principals and the floors are generally of hardwood laid on hardwood joists The boathouse is paved with granite slabs, 4" thick, laid on a lime concrete foundation and the floors of veranlahs, strong-rooms and lavatories are of cement concrete, the first floor verandah and lavatories being finished with encaustic tile paving. The walls of the lavatories are tiled with white glazed tiles for a height of 4 feet and the main staircase from ground to first floor is of granite. A circular, granite staircase leads from the first floor to the roof for communication with the look-out tower.
Tha Marine Enquiry Court is fitted up with a Bench, Dock, Witness Box and other necessary accessories.
The total cost of the building, including foun lations, fittings, &c., was $160,198.94.
47. Law Courts.-Much better progress was made with this building than during the preceding 12 months and, at the close of the year, the colonnade had reached an average height of nearly 10 feet above first floor level, the main and internal walls being somewhat lower. Some portions of the building were unfortunately delayed until the question of providing a Third Court, which had been raised, was settled. Dressed granite, aggregating 34,922 cubic feet, was set in the work and 100 granite balusters were prepared, bringing the number of these ready for fixing up to 300.
The average number of masons employed daily was 167.
All the steelwork required in the main structure arrived from England.
The typhoon of the 18th September destroyed practically the whole of the scaffolding and injured a number of the window frames and a few blocks of granite; thus retarding the work considerably.
48. Mongkokisui Market.--The expenditure under this heading was merely the balance payable under the Contract, the building having been completed in December 1905.
49. Western Market. This building was completed and handed over to the Sanitary Board in July. It consists of two main floors for market purposes, accommodation being provided for the Inspector and coolies by the const uction of mezzanine floors at the North and South ends. The ground floor contains 12 large poultry shops, a poultry killing room. a large store, engine room, Inspector's office, and latrines, and the first floor 14 shops and 67 stalls for the sale of fish and two apartments for the storage of live fish. There are four wide granite staircases giving access to the first floor and ample entrances are provided, near which there are money changers' stalls,
The engine room contains an oil engine and pump for pumping water from a well into two large tanks, with a capacity of 21,000 gallons, on the roof of the building, whence it is drawn for cleansing purposes.
The lighting of the Market is by Kitson lights, 6 lamps of 500 candle-power being provided on each floor. The quarters and some of the subsidiary parts of the building are lighted by gas.
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