No. of Work.
Nature of Works.
61
MAINLAND SECTION-Contd.
Fire trenches and six blockhouses at-
Kowloon Pass
Railway Pass
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Beacon Hill Pass
1009 Hill
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Table E (ii).-DETAIL of Works to be constructed on Mobilization-continued.
Detail of Working | R.E. Super-
Parties.
vision.
Tools Required.
Officers.
N.C.Os.
and Men.
Pickaxes.
200
and Men.
Coolies.
Officers.
N.C.Os.
:
Shovels.
Crowbars.
Axes.
Bill-hooks.
Sand-bags.
Pliers.
Mauls.
Time Required.
Barbed Wire.
Remarks.
1020 Hill
Shan Si
Near dam
Pipers' Hill
Lai-chi-kok
Building Wong-Uk in state of defence
Wire entanglements, 1,650 yards run
Total required for all Sub-Sections (4).. Ditto, plain
Pickets
:
:
200
200 20 20 40 500
:
::
:
:
:
2 days
:
89,100
307,500
11,400
10,000
NOTE 1.-The number of items to be carried out being largely in excess of available working parties, the tools laid down in Table E (iii) are those considered sufficient for all probable working
parties, infantry bringing with them their regimental establishment of tools. 2.-For contract work, contractors find their own tools.
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3.-Pending supply of steel pickets, dormant contracts have been made for 20,000 hardwood pickets to be supplied in three days. There are 4,500 such available in R.E. store. 4.-Arrangements have been made for obtaining such water tanks and barrels as may be needed for storage at short notice.
The plans, &c., relating to the above Table, where needed, were last examined and compared with the Defence Scheme on
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190.
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