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203. Building work which was carried out by trainees was of a high order of workmanship.
204. (v) Dar-es-Salaam: Ten permanent houses at Oyster Bay were com- pleted and twenty-one were acquired or erected at Kurasini. Work began on another sixteen houses at Kurasini. Additional bandas and servants. quarters were erected at the Corporation's Transit Camp.
205. Five thousand and forty sq. ft. of additional covered storage were built at Pugu Road.
Electricity Supply
206. (i) Kongwa: High-speed field type generating sets were installed and electricity is now laid on in both the Kongwa base and in the Units. To conserve fuel oil and to save wear and tear of the generators current is supplied each day for only eleven hours out of the twenty-four.
207. (ii) Urambo: Work began on the building of a Power Station and considerable additions to the plant were made.
208. (iii) Southern Province: A limited scale of domestic electrification was provided at Mkwaya, Mohumbika and Nachingwea, but the scale was below that of Kongwa and Urambo.
Sawmills
209. A sawmill at Urambo, despite age and inadequacy, produced 160,000 board feet of timber, all of which was consumed. Impregnation against termites was carried out by means of dipping tanks, which were installed during the year.
210. Good use was made of a sawmill in the Southern Province. The different natures of the timber encountered make it necessary to instal robust and varied plant for successful exploitation. The situation was expected to improve in April when a new and modern sawmill was to come into operation at Noli.
Quarrying
211. The production of ground lime for agricultural purposes and burnt lime for building was started with creditable results in the middle of June, 1948, at Lugufu, 134 miles west of Urambo.
212. Quarrying at Kongwa and in the Southern Province consisted chiefly of the production of crushed and broken stone for construction purposes. In these two regions the arrival during the year of mechanical loaders and. crushers enabled production to get, and keep, ahead of demand.
Airfields
213. Airstrips were constructed at Nachingwea and at Urambo, both of which were in constant use throughout the greater part of the year.
Research
214. Experiments in soil stablisation, termite control in buildings, the utilisation of waste products (e.g., groundnut husks) as fuel and many other pieces of research were conducted.
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