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The houses on the lots mentioned having been mostly rebuilt, the raising of Reclamation Street in front of them was undertaken. It is only the beginning of a work which will probably extend over many years.
Item (xi). This calls for no comment.
Item (xii). Consequent upon the completion of their new godowns and offices, Messrs. Butterfield & Swire requested that reasonable access should be afforded to their property. A strip of Salisbury Road was accordingly put in order.
Item (xiii). This work consisted merely of filling in Dundas Street to the required levels.
Item (xiv). As it is believed that considerable developments will occur in the Tai Po district as the result of constructing the railway and providing a station there, provision has been made for them by laying out some new streets.
Item (xv). The work consisted of surfacing with cement concrete, 3" thick, the old granite slabs which form the platform of the bridge and erecting a railing along one side of it.
81. Raising level of Des Voeux Road (re-named Chatham Road), Kowloon, consequent on reclamation for Railway Terminus.-The work executed under this vote consisted of two parts:-
(i.) The raising of the old roadway, 50 feet in width, which has been carried out by the Public Works Department.
(ii) The widening of the roadway from 50 to 100 feet in width, which has been carried out by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Department.
That portion of the work coming under (i) was completed at a cost of $12,605.76, of which $6,500 was paid in 1908. The raising extended from Kowloon Inland Lot 882 to Austin Road and included kerbing, channelling and surfacing.
A sum of $9,935.69 was paid to Railway Funds on account of the work executed under (ii).
$20,000.00.
1909. Estimates,... $17,000.00 | Total Estimates, 1909. Expenditure, $16,041.45 | Expenditure to 31/12/09, $22,541.45.
The estimate of $20,000 was for item (i) only but it was subsequently decided to charge the work executed by the Railway Department to the same vote. The amount has accordingly been increased to $51,000 in the Estimates for 1910, there being considerable liabilities still outstanding.
82. Road along Northern slopes of Victoria Peak.--This work was not proceeded with and no expenditure under the vote was incurred.
83. Gullies Reconstruction. This work was practically completed. During the year 20 gullies with single gratings and 11 gullies with double gratings were constructed, or a total of 42.