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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-- ANNUAL,
Permanent two storied quarters have been built at Lowu in British territory for the accommodation of the British section traffic, and locomotive staff of Shum Chun Station, who were previously housed in the temporary wooden station.
The wooden station building at Shum Chun leased from the Chinese section was condemned early in the year and the station staff and instruments moved to temporary accommodation provided in the Chinese section station on the main line platform. Plans for a new permanent station have been approved, and it is hoped that the building will be ready to be handed over to this section during 1919.
At Taipo Station a brickwork shelter has been provided off the down platform for the examination of passengers and their luggage arriving by launch from Sha U Chong. This has not proved to be sufficient, and additional accommodation has been sanctioned and the work put in hand in 1919.
Regarding the routes for the projected branch lines to Tai Kok Tsui and Tai Wan Bay, referred to last year, exhaustive contour surveys were carried out and the final locations for both these projects decided upon in consultation with the Honourable Director of Public Works. Plans and sections were prepared and reports and estimates completed.
On the 4th August, after several days' continuous heavy rain, an exceptional storm visited the Colony, and caused considerable damage to the railway at several points. The high bank (34 feet) at mile 143 subsided, necessitating a curtailment of the train service and the transference of passengers across the beach. On the Chinese section a slip occurred between Pu Kut and Li Long and through traffic was suspended until August 9th.
The revenue derived from Local Traffic amounted to $167,579.65 and from Through and Joint Sectional Traffic to $265,694.78.
The Working Expenses amounted to $356,221.07 showing a balance of Earnings over Expenditure of $77,053.36.
The Through and Joint Sectional Passengers carried were as follows:-.
Passengers booked by stations in British territory to stations in China 1916. 1917. 1918. 307,310 309,394 307,494 Passengers booked by stations in China to Stations in British Territory 344,220 352,008 323,642VI.-GOVERNMENT AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS.
(a)-HOSPITALS.
Government Hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, and the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital. There is an Observation Station capable of accommodating 1,500 persons in the event of an outbreak of infectious disease on board a ship arriving in the Harbour.
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