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11.-Sunday Cargo Working.
25. During the year 267 Permits were issued under the provisions of this Ordinance as compared with 262 in 1909. Of these 94 were not used as it was found unnecessary to work cargo on the Sunday and the fees in such cases were refunded.
The Revenue collected under this head amounted to $30,475 as against $29,200 in 1909.
12.-New Territories.
Twelfth year of British Administration.
26. The Outstations attached to the Harbour Department, five in number, have continued to perform the work allotted to them, and during the year Licences, Port Clearances, Permits, &c., have been issued by them as follows:-
1909 1910 Cheung Chau opened 1899 11,002 13,484 Tai O 1899 5,143 6,258 Tai Po 1900 6,811 9,022 Sai Kung, 1902 2,458 2,683 Long Ket 1905 4,350 8,260 Deep Bay 1901 2,458 - 31,804 39,707Deep Bay station was closed in 1909 and the work was divided up between the Police launches in charge of Tai Po and Long Ket; hence the increase in the figures for these two stations.
The Revenue collected by this Department from the New Territories during 1910 was $28,141.90 as compared with $25,102.50 in 1909.
13.-Lighthouses.
GAP ROCK LIGHTHOUSE.
27. During 1910, one thousand and twenty-two (1,022) vessels were reported as passing this station and two were not reported owing to communication being interrupted.
One hundred and one (101) of the above vessels were signalled by Morse lamp.