(d) of five Class III assistant land surveyors who sat the 1958 promotion examination, four passed and were upgraded to Class II.
New Territories Cadastral Survey
153. One section operated from Kowloon, and two sections from survey camps at Sha Tin and Castle Peak. A Land Surveyor-in-charge was recruited in May and work on this survey has consequently speeded up.
Control Survey
154. Nine triangulation stations were fixed and 57 miles of control traverses run to establish 999 permanent points.
Detail Survey
155. 5.2 square miles or 3,329 acres of detail survey were completed involving 114 miles of detail traverse and the fixing of 349 resected points. 124 sheets of this series are now available. On four sheets the recording of property boundaries has been completed by the District Administration and the areas of lots have been computed.
DRAWING OFFICE
156. 64 sets of Sale plans, 1,046 sets of Lease plans and 801 sets of Surrender plans were prepared. 26,516 ammonia prints were produced, including plans for other Government offices and 119 for the public. Nine 200 feet to 1 inch scale tracings of Hong Kong and Kowloon sheets have been completed and work on three is continuing.
157. The Copycat printing equipment produced 5,129 prints, including prints for other Government offices. An additional 1,239 prints were produced by cyclostyle.
158. The photostat reproduction equipment produced 3,552 prints from 1,094 negatives.
159. The Photographic Section produced 1,383 enlargements to various scales for Survey Section, Town Planning Section and other Government offices. Progress reports and record photographs for the whole Department have also been made.
160. In addition the Kowloon Drawing Office produced 6,367 prints by the 'Apollo' machine on 'Deltaline' paper, including 1,411 prints for other Departments.
161. Seventy-two old record and permit plans were replaced by new sheets, mounted on linen backing. Separate sets of plans to a scale of