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## Table I,-Continued. ### Fires during the Year 1909. | No. | Date | Time | Situation | No. of Buildings Destroyed | Damage | Cause | Remarks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 16 | June 7th | 5:30 a.m. | A matshed at Wong Nei Chung. | 1 matshed | $1,500 | Unknown | | | 17 | 18th | 4:00 a.m. | On board S.S. "Keet Sang" in Victoria Harbour. | | | | | | 18 | 25th | 5:16 p.m. | House No. 428, Des Voeux Road | 1 | $70,000 | | | | 19 | July 6th | 3:40 a.m. | 61, Wing Lok Street. | 1 | $45,000 | | | | | 20th | 12:50 a.m. | | 1 | $21,000 | | | | 21 | 21 Aug. | 3:45 a.m. | 21, Tai St., Sham Shiu Po. | 1 | $8,000 | | | | 22 | 7th | 3:00 p.m. | 6, Bonham Strand East | 1 | $96,688 | | | | 23 | 21st | 1:00 a.m. | A matshed at Tai Po Kau. | 3 matsheds | $700 | | | | | 28th | | House No. 53, Kramer St., Tai Kok Tsui. | 1 | | | | | 24 | Oct. 16th | 7:30 p.m. | A matshed on Mount Davis. | 1 matshed | $1,450 | Upsetting of a kerosine lamp. | | | 25 | Nov. 9th | 4:30 a.m. | House No. 360, S'hai St., Mong Kok | 1 | $1,000 | Oil thrown on a fire to make it burn. | | | 26 | 24th | 3:40 a.m. | Military lines at Whitfield Barracks | 10 matsheds | $6,000 | Over-heating of paper which was drying over a charcoal fire. | | | 27 | Dec. 4th | 8:15 a.m. | A hut at Tso Pai Tsui Village, Hung Hom District. | 3 matsheds | $3,000 | Unknown. | | | 28 | 2nd | 8:25 p.m. | 25 huts. | | $850 | | | | 29 | 15th | | A matshed on Conduit Road. | 1 matshed | | | | | 30 | 21st | 7:00 a.m. | A mat-hut at Tai Shu Keuk Village, Cheung Sha Wan | 2 mud-houses | $2,500 | Hot ashes placed near a matshed. | | | 31 | 30th | 1:15 p.m. 10:20 a.m. | On board S.S. "Prinz Ludwig" in Victoria Harbour | 16 Wooden & mat-huts | $225,000 | Unknown | | | | | | Houses Nos. 1 & 2, Tsat Tsz Mui. | 2 | $10,000 | | | | | | | 1 matshed | | $250 | | | | | | | **Total** | | **$548,838** | | |I 19