APPENDIX S
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
GENERAL STATISTICS
Hong Kong Kowloon
New Territories
Total
(A) Road Works Carried Out
New roads completed (miles)
0.22 3.16 ... 3.38
(B) Drainage Works Carried Out
New drains laid (ft.)
4,216 4,630 45,175 54,021
(C) Sewage Laboratory
Number of samples of sewage and seawater collected for analysis Number of tests carried out
3,443 ... 9,460
(D) Production in Government Quarries
Total Crushed Stone (Tons)
1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71
Mainland Island Total
... ... • 86,291 33,579 64,855 50,969 25,092 47,816 81,750 133,720 49,249 111,470 137,260 58,671 112,671 130,999 245,190 58,792 70,140 29,754 38,270 88,546 108,410
Bitumen-coated Material (Tons)
... ... Mainland Island • ... ... Total • 86,845 68,774 67,633 29,947 30,623 32,624 116,792 99,397 100,257
(E) Materials Testing Laboratories-Physical tests on soil and building material
Tests for compressive strength of concrete cubes Tests on physical properties of cement Grading and other tests on aggregates Tests on steel and other metals Tests on bitumen and bituminous products Soil tests Pipe tests Miscellaneous tests
... ... 67,550 1,690 .. ... ... 1,860 13,808 ... ... ... ... ...
(F) Quarries Revenue
Sales of Quarry products Sales of Sand ... Quarry Contracts Premia Laboratory Fees Departmental Charges on Stone Sales
182 ... Total ... 4,244 5,470 553 2,409 97,584 Amount ($) 6,077,290 13,491,008 1,473,113 59,458 85,063 21,185,932
Total
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