been commenced the previous year was completed. A contract was let for the diversion of two 21 inch diameter submarine pipes, and work was completed early in 1955 and the new pipe-lines put into service. Approximately 800 feet of the old 21 inch pipes were salvaged.
326. Albany Service Reservoir. The reconstruction of the north wall and the provision of a reinforced concrete roof to the service reservoir were completed. The majority of the area of the new roof was let on permit to the Ladies Recreation Club who fenced in the area allotted to them and on it laid out three hard tennis courts.
327. Realignment of 24 inch main to Kowloon Tsai Service Reservoir. Some of the hills to the north of Boundary Street are to be removed to improve the flight funnel for the new Airport at Kai Tak. The 24 inch trunk main feeding Kowloon Tsai Service Reservoir crossed part of the area to be excavated and it was therefore necessary to realign it. A contract was let for laying approximately 2,000 feet of new 24 inch diameter steel main and salvaging the abandoned section. The laying of the new main was completed and the recovery of the disused pipes was commenced.
328. Tai Lam Chung Scheme. This project, which has been described in previous reports, will increase the Colony's storage of water by more than 5,000 million gallons and will provide a maximum of 40 million gallons per day of potable water when the full scheme is completed. The works now in hand when completed will increase the amount of water available per day by 20 million gallons only, but arrangements are being made to implement the full scheme as early as possible.
329. The balance of the plant for the construction of the dam, the provision of which was a Government responsibility, was delivered and installed, after which construction work on the dam was accelerated. A seam of poor quality rock was encountered in a section of the dam foundations. Its removal was
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