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be permanently marked out, in order that the work already done by the engineers of the Public Works Department in connection with this scheme may not be thrown away. Beyond this, however, the Government does not propose to go at the present time, and whether further sections can be built in future years will depend in part upon the recommendations of the Recreation Grounds Committee, of which my honourable friend, the Colonial Secretary, is chairman and on which many members of this Council have a seat, and also on the money which can be made available by this Colony for Public Works Extraordinary. Before closing my remarks upon this subject, I should like to express my concurrence in what has been said about this road by the honourable Mr. Braga. I am very familiar with the whole 23 miles of the proposed trace of this circular road, and I have no hesitation in saying that it will be, when completed in years to come, the most beautiful road in this Colony-I would even say the most beautiful road with which I am acquainted in any part of the world.
The unofficial members of this Council have urged upon my Government the necessity for pressing on with the construction of the new 100-foot road between Causeway Bay and Quarry Bay. It is the settled policy of the Government to complete this road, and I hope very much that it may be possible in the budget for 1931 to provide the full sum estimated to be necessary for that work, namely $355,000. There is, however, no advantage in doing this work piecemeal. Once begun, it should be finished off, and the full amount necessary should be made available. It is not possible to allocate so large a sum from Public Works Extraordinary for this single work next year, and I consider that the public interest will be better served by completing the Tai-hang road, the road connecting Garden Road, Bowen Road and May Road, the widening of May Road from the tram station to Conduit Road and the strengthening and improvement of various roads on the mainland, as provided for in next year's estimates. I may explain that the scheme for a 100-foot road from Arsenal Street to Shau-ki-wan main-street is one of considerable magnitude. The total length of the road will be 4% miles, of which 2% miles have already been completed. Two further sections, each 600 yards long, between Causeway Bay and North Point, have been partly completed for half their width, but are not yet surfaced. There are also provided in next year's estimates sums of $100,000 for re-alignment of the roadway between Great George Street and Causeway Bay, and of $15,000, being half of the expenditure on the 70 foot road opposite Marine Lots 430 and 431 in the road from Causeway Bay to Quarry Bay. Both these works form part of the project for carry, ing a hundred foot road from the centre of Victoria city to Shau-ki- wan. More than this cannot, I fear, be done next year, unless there should be such an increase in our estimated revenue as might justify me in proposing a supplementary vote for the purpose.
Both as Governor of the Colony and as Chancellor of the Hong Kong University, I welcome the remarks made by the honourable Mr. Shenton on the subject of the University. I fully agree with