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of native construction were available for keeping the excavations free of water, considerable difficulty was experienced in constructing the foundations of the bridge. With the exception of the decking, the structure was however completed at the end of the year. constructing the bridge, the stream-course was diverted and improved.
1913 Estimates, $5,000.00 Total Estimates, $9,000.00 Expenditure to 31/12/13, ... 8,241.65 In 1913 Sup. Vote, 5,000.00 $ 10,000.00 6,963.80 1913 Expenditure,...(c.) Extension at Castle Peak Bay, including construction of Pier.-As it was found that the launches calling at Castle Peak Bay were unable at low tides to come alongside the small pier constructed in 1911 and as it was considered important that they should be able to land passengers and goods without the intervention of small boats, it was decided to extend the road a further distance of 2,800 feet along the shore of the bay and to construct a pier at the point thus reached.
A contract for the work was let in November, only the preliminary works being in progress at the close of the year.
1913 Estimates, $ 10,000.00 Total Estimates, $10,000.00 Expenditure to 31/12/13, 1913 Expenditure,... ...(d.) From train-halt to existing road from Fan Ling to San Tin.-The main object of this road was to provide a shorter route to the Fan Ling Golf Course than that hitherto existing and a contract for its construction was let in March to the local Village Elders; the whole of the work was completed in October, all liabilities being discharged. A ferro-concrete bridge, (span 30 feet), carries the road across a stream-course adjoining the railway. The length of the road, including an extension beyond the Fan Ling-San Tin Road, is 0.5 mile and its width is 14 feet.
The expenditure includes $445.04 for land resumption and $3,705.67 for the construction of the road.
1913 Estimates, $ 4,800.00 Total Estimates, 1913 Expenditure, 4,150.71 $ 4,800.00 Expenditure to 31/12/13, 4,150.71(e.) From train-halt to Shek Wu Hui.-A contract was let in March to the local Village Elders for the construction of this road and the work was completed at the close of the year. The road, which is 700 feet in length and has a width of 8 feet, forms a portion