94. Compensation under the Buildings Ordinance of 1903.-- This vote provides for the resumption of areas to form scavenging lanes and for the payment of compensation in connection with the removal of houses over the ends of private lanes or streets. In some cases, instead of the area devoted to scavenging lanes being resumed, an agreement has been entered into with the owner to the effect that the lane will be preserved so long as the buildings abutting on it exist and in a few cases the owners have surrendered the areas required, in whole or in part, in consideration of being permitted to count them as part of their open space.
1909. Estimates,
1909. Expenditure......
$20,000.00. 9,829.75.
The following is a statement of the resumptions effected during the year:-
Scavenging Lanes resumed on payment of compensation. Area in Sq. Ft. Compensa-tion paid. In rear of 2 houses on Inland Lot, Nos. 5 & 7, Bridges Street,... 1,609 $369.00 In rear of 2 houses on M.L. 77, Nos. 270, Des Voeux Road Central, and 62, Wing Lok Street, 85 2,147.00 In rear of 6 houses on K.I.L. 609, Nos. 18-28, Nathan Road, 1,170 2,397.50 In rear of 4 houses on I.L.'s 341 and 342, Shelley Street, 5791 1,159.00 In rear of 2 houses on I.L. 94 Sec. G., Nos. 39 & 41, Aberdeen Street, 1841 161.25 In rear of 21 houses on K.I.L.'s 550, 551, 1,204, 1,205 and 1,208. These lanes were referred to in the report for 1906 as in rear of houses on K.I.L. 412, the amount of compensation being stated as $3,465. Compensation was not paid until 1909 and, as the result of a re-adjustment of the area, the amount paid was reduced to $3,196. The lot (K.I.L. 412) and adjoining lots (K.I.L.'s 550 and 551) have been re-arranged and re-numbered, 3,196.00.A sum of $100 was paid from this vote for valuation fees in connection with lanes in the rear of houses on K.I.L.'s 522 and 548.