67. Miscellaneous Surveys. The following miscellaneous surveys were carried out:
(a) For road widening and rebuilding schemes 33 areas or road alignments were set out.
(b) 272 Building and frontage lines for 109 lots were checked.
(c) 21 Areas covering 164 acres were surveyed for various purposes.
68. Colony Survey. New and Revision surveys of some 370 acres involving 34 miles of detail traverse were carried out.
69. Contour Surveys & Levelling. Contour Surveys covering a total area of 550 acres were completed, Spot levels were taken over a number of areas covering a total of 39 acres. 3,500 feet of direct levelling was made. The annual computation of mean sea level was carried out and recorded as 3.95 above Principal Datum, Hong Kong.
70. Survey Sheets. 61 new sheets on a scale of 1:600 and 9 on a scale of 1:1200 were taken up.
Valuation and Resumption
71. Valuations totalling $76,830,261.00 were made in respect of 695 hereditaments during the financial year. These valuations were required for estate duty purposes, resumption for street widening and other town planning, purchase and sale of property by Government, renewals of Crown Leases, exchanges, and premium to remove lease restrictions. In addition, Depreciation Fund contributions, premia by instalments and commutation of Crown Rent were computed.
72. Over half of the hereditaments valued were for Government departments other than the Public Works Department.
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