713
The following is a statement of the resumptions effected during the year:-
Scavenging Lanes obtained by
payment of Compensation.
In rear of No. 38 New Market Street (part),
Compensation paid. $1,593.00
Area. Sq. ft.
88.50
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houses on I.L. 679, High Street,......1,116.25
1,677.00
No. 36 New Market Street,
89.50
99
1,611.00
25
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74 Wing Lok Street,
42.50
1,065.62
76
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44.00
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1,100.00
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houses on K.I.L. 412, Robinson Road, .3,465.00
3,465.00
Scavenging Lanes surrendered to Government
without payment of Compensation.
In rear of No. 282 Des Voeux Road Central,
Area.
Sq. ft.
12.50
284
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15
Do.,
14.00
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38 New Market Street (part),
102.50
1 to 25 Centre Street,
1,029.00
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7 & 8 A Chung's Lane,.
108.00
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70 Bonham Strand,
264.00
72
53
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74
57
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Do., Do.,
287.00
268.00
In a few cases, the compensation money had not actually been paid over to the parties concerned before the close of the year, but, as cheques had been issued by the Treasury, the amounts appear as having been expended.
The only other matter to be recorded under this head is the pulling down of No. 267 Queen's Road Central which was found to form an encroachment over Hillier Street. The area affected was 198 square feet, no compensation in respect of the removal of the building being paid.
74. Insanitary Property Resumption.-The Kau U Fong Scheme was disposed of by making the final payment of $744.02.
The Mee Lun Lane Scheme was proceeded with, the remaining 20 houses being pur- chased and an agreement made for the purchase of portion of another, viz., No. 18 Gough Street. The total number of houses dealt with was 52, 51 of which were entirely demolished.
The total amount paid for the 51 houses exclusive of any fees or interest was $247,275 and, after arranging terms with the owner of No. 18 Gough Street for the acquisition by him of the Government's share of certain party walls, a sum of $1,256 was agreed to be paid to him for the portion of his property required in connection with the scheine. This amount had not been paid up to the end of the year.
A scheme for forming two approximately parallel ronds through the property from Gough Street to Hollywood Road was decided upon and a contract for carrying out the necessary work was entered into with Mr. LI A PING on April 27th. Good progress was made with the work, but it was not completed at the end of the year.
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The rear walls of some of the houses fronting on Hollywood Road, which were exposed in consequence of the demolition of the houses resumed, were found to be in a very precarious condition and were taken down and rebuilt by arrangement with the owners. the case of others of the houses surrounding the resumed area, buttresses were constructed to support the exposed walls and, in two cases, the Government disposed of its interest in party walls, thus enabling the joint owners to open out side windows, their houses having become corner ones by the removal of the adjacent houses to form the new roads.
75. Albany Filter Beds, Reconstruction and Extension.--The contract for levelling the site, constructing a retaining wall next the Peak Tramway and erecting new quarters for the watchmen and coolies was completed in the early part of the year and a further contract was let to Messrs. SANG LEE & Co. in April for the extension and reconstruction of the filter beds. The work comprises the construction of one entirely new bed next the Tramway and. the deepening and enlarging of the existing beds, hitherto 6 in number, but to be made into 7 under the new scheme, giving an increase of 66% in the filtering area.