103. Occupation Certificates were issued for 193 European type houses, 616 Chinese type houses, 70 Apartment buildings, 65 tenement buildings, 6 composite buildings, 3 hostels, 12 blocks of flats, 1 hotel, 1 farm house and 243 non-domestic buildings.
104. Legal notices issued comprised 133 for dangerous buildings and 331 for removal of illegal structures and abatement of drainage nuisances.
105. 741 drain tests were carried out in various districts. In addition to the inspection of works for which plans had been approved, 1,624 inspections of licensed premises and registered schools were made on behalf of other Government departments.
106. 19 building collapses, 6 landslides, 13 emergency shorings and 10 fires received necessary attention.
107. 918 miscellaneous permits for matsheds, hoardings and scaffoldings, including renewal of permits, were issued.
108. 38 Cease Works Orders were issued and 7 Closure Orders were obtained.
109. 688 Registration Certificates in respect of registered contractors were renewed, and sixty-three contractors registered.
110. There was one prosecution.
Staff
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CROWN LANDS AND SURVEYS OFFICE
Superintendent of Crown Lands & Surveys, J. E. Richardson, O.B.E., F.R.I.C.S., Assistant Superintendent, Surveys, C. S. Barron, M.B.E., A.R.I.C.S., Assistant Superintendent, Planning, R. H. Hughes, M.A. (Cantab.), A.R.I.C.S., Assistant Superintendent, Crown Lands, R. C. Clarke, B.Eng. (Min.), LL.B. (Lond.), D.P.A. (Lond.), A.M.I.Min.E., A.R.I.C.S.
GENERAL
The total authorized establishment was 339, an increase of 16 over the previous year. These figures do not include the New Territories Cadastral Survey establishment of 143.
112. The difficulty experienced since the war in recruiting Land Surveyors seems now to have been overcome and three were recruited
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