712
71. Reinforced Concrete Piers.-Owing to the destruction of the floating plant by the typhoon, and other causes, very little progress was made with this work, beyond getting out designs for the various piers. The expenditure shown was principally for a Lidgerwood engine and frame for the pile-driver and a mould in which to make the piles.
72. Miscellaneous Works.—The following are the principal items of expenditure under this heading, representing in some cases only a part of the cost of the works in consequence of their execution extending over more than one year:-
Lighthouse Pier, Green Island,-Extension,
..........$ 1,634
Land Office, Tai Po,-Strong-room for Records,... 1,587 Levelling triangular area at Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Government House-Sundry works,..
+
1,497
1,230
Wood Paving Experiments-Laying area at foot of
Ice House Street,
1,105
Granite Paving Experiments-Laying portion of Queen's Road West with large, squared blocks and portion with setts, 6" x 6" x 3",
935
Railing on North side of Po Hing Fong, Taipingshan,...
854
Wanchai School-Raising boundary wall and improv-
ing drainage,
805
Supreme Court Improving latrines, &c.,
797
Central Police Station-Extension of Cook Houses, &c.,
781
Cattle Depôts, Kennedy Town,-New furnace for
crematorium,
754
Land Office, Tai Po, -- Repairing matshed,
705
Cable Reserve Additional Marks,
638
Victoria Hospital-Alterations,
551
Bridge for diverted nullah between I.L.s 897 and
1,705, Shaukiwan Road,
530
No. 5 Police Station-Alterations to Cook House,
524
Approach Path to Peak Garden,
498
Government House,-Additional Coolie Quarters,
469
Kennedy Town Cattle Depôt,-Improving surfacing
of Compounds,
465
Water Police Station, Kowloon,-Electric Light,
464
Chinese Lunatic Asylum-Additional Sta ̄r,
413
Additional Pillar Letter Boxes,....
395
Improving open spaces adjoining Queen's Statue,
382
Filling in low-lying ground adjoining Kowloon Disin-
fecting Station,
351
Lunatic Asylum-Electric Lights,
342
Bowen Road-Additional railings,
328
Central Police Station-Alteration of Canteen,
307
Store for Signals, Blackhead's Hill,
241
73. Compensation under the Buildings Ordinance of 1903.-This vote provides for the resumption of areas to form Scavenging Lanes, and for the payment of compensation in connection with the removal of houses over the ends of private lanes or streets.
In some cases, instead of resuming the areas devoted to Scavenging Lanes, an agreement has been entered into with the owner to the effect that the lane is to be properly maintained so long as the buildings abutting on it are occupied as dwellings and in a few cases owners have surrendered the areas required, in whole or in part, in consideration of being permitted to count them as part of their open space or of being granted permission to erect Verandalıs or Balconies over the public footpaths.