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A total of 29,300 cubic yards of concrete, including 14,100 concrete blocks, were. used in the work.
COST.
The cost of the first section of the Shing Mun Scheme was $4,136,765.59, which, after allowing for the alterations to the details of the scheme and the addition of the Byewash Reservoir and administration charges, compares very favourably with the original approximate estimated cost given in Sessional Paper No. 4/1929.
The costs of the various parts of the work, together with the annual expendi- tures, are shown in Appendix A " attached.
Appendix
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gives general information regarding the construction of the separate parts of the work, and the attached plan shows the general layout of the first section of the scheme.
All pipe work, valves, machinery and reinforcement were supplied through the Crown Agents for the Colonies, and all except the reinforcement were laid or erected departmentally.
Trench work for pipe laying was carried out under the Annual Maintenance Contracts, and road surfacing was reinstated departmentally.
ADMINISTRATION.
The 1st Section of the Scheme was carried out continuously from 1923 to 1933, but, as already explained, the programme of construction was seriously cur- tailed during the years 1926 to 1929.
The works were administered at intervals from 1923 to 1932, under the direction of the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, C.B.E., M.Inst.C.E., Director of Public Works, by Mr. R. M. Henderson, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., M.Inst.W.E., Mr. A. B. Purves, M.Inst.C.E., and Mr. W. Woodward, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.Inst.C.E., assisted by Mr. C. W. E. Bishop, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.Inst.C.E., A.M.Inst. W.E., Mr. R. W. Skel- ton, A.R.S.M., A.I.M.M., and Mr. D. G. Strachan, A.M.Inst.C.E. From 1932 to their completion in 1933 the works were administered, under the direction of the Hon. Mr. R. M. Henderson, Director of Public Works, by Mr. W. Woodward, assisted by Mr. C. W. E. Bishop.
W. WOODWARD, B.Sc., (ENG.), A.M.INST.C.E., Chartered Civil Engineer,
Engineer in Charge of Waterworks Construction Office, Public Works Department.
HONG KONG, April 26th, 1935.