APPENDIX V
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
SURVEY STATISTICS
(The previous year's figures are shown in parentheses)
(i) Survey Work Completed
Control Points fixed by Triangulation and Traverse ... 1,327 (1,305) Miles of traverse run ... 439 (410) Miles of levelling run ... 230 (184) Benchmarks fixed ... 39 (64) Acres of large-scale detail surveyed ... 31,304 (16,377) Acres of large-scale contour surveyed ... 1,639 (1,858) Number of 1/1200 machine plots checked ... 10 (51) Number of 1/10,000 machine plots checked ... 318 (17) Title surveys for leases, surrenders, sales etc. ... 1,447 (1,703) Boundary Stones fixed ... 113 (151) Site surveys for Government Building projects ... 136 (134) Surveys for Police cases ... 39 (58) Court appearance in connection with Police cases ... 27 (48) Fees for survey work collected ... $104,774 ($42,537) Land Office Title Searches ... ...(ii) Cartographic and Reproduction work completed
Plans for sales, leases, grants, permits, etc. ... 3,375 (3,494) Survey sheets, new transparencies prepared... ... 4,534 (3,117) Transparencies revised... ... 284 (142) Name sheets compiled for Air Survey * 1,877 (2,289) Miscellaneous Plans drawn and traced ... 189 (266) New Layout Plans ... 938 (1,523) Layout Plans revised ... 69 (42) Extract Layout Plans ... 1,095 (808) Colony Outline Plans drawn ... 626 (462) Colony Outline Plans amended ... 141 (155) Reproduction by all methods ... 108 (132) Photos taken ... 212,113 (136,117) Sales of plan to the public ... 7,373 (7,229) Maps 1/25,000 and 1/10,000 issued to Government Depts. ... $48,519 ($16,898) ... 49,936 (22,474)* The system of recording Miscellaneous Plans has now changed so as to make comparison with last year's figures meaningless.
(iii) Important work in progress
Revision of all colour plates for reprinting 1:10,000 series
1 sheet.
A 'Footpath & Outdoor Amenities' Map of H.K. Island; a bi-lingual pilot sheet at 1/10,000 scale and two sheets of the Colony at 1:50,000 scale are all about 50% complete. All these are for reproduction in colour.
(iv) Vertical Air photography
Number of air photos taken
...
1,072
164