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76. Extension of Tai Po Land Office to provide accommodation for District Officer. The contract for this work was completed in June. The building, which is one-storied and detached from the Land Office, contains a Police Court, 24′ 9′′ × 16' 0", Clerks' Office, 19'0" x 16'0", District Officer's Office, 17' 0" x 17' 0" and a corridor, 8' 0" wide. It is provided with verandahs on the East and West fronts.
The design for the completed building provides for the erection of a two-storied central block with two one-storied wings, one on each side. Both wings have now been built, the two-storied central block being left in abeyance until developments require its construction. The wings are connected meanwhile by a covered way.
The building is of exactly similar construction to the Tai Po Land Office described in the Report for 1908.
1910 Estimates, $2,000.00 Total Estimates, $11,700.00 1910 Sup. Vote, 7,808.05 Expenditure to 31/12/10, 10,875.56 $9,808.05 8,663.12 1910 Expenditure,77. Permanent Stairway to Ballroom, Government House.-The expenditure under this heading consisted merely of an outstanding balance on the contract, which was completed in 1909.
1910 Estimates, $1,300.00 Total Estimates, $5,800.00 1910 Expenditure, 1,206.05 Expenditure to 31/12/10, 5,692.6078. Chinese Staff Quarters, Kennedy Town Hospital.-In addition to the Chinese staff, quarters were required for European Wardmasters and Sisters and a room for a Medical Officer. Plans were prepared and a contract was let in November. The contract includes:-
A one-storied building for two European Wardmasters and 16 Chinese ward attendants on a terrace immediately in rear of the hospital.
A two-storied building containing a room for a Medical Officer and quarters for 2 Sisters and 8 Chinese ward amahs on a spur to the West of the hospital.
At the end of the year, the brickwork of the former had been carried up to ground level and the preparation of the site for the latter had made good progress.
1910 Estimates, $3,600.00 Total Estimates, $11,500.00 1910 Expenditure, 873.05 Expenditure to 31/12/10, 873.0579. Slaughter House, Shaukiwan.-A contract was let in May and the building was completed and handed over to the Sanitary Department in December. It adjoins the Sai Wan Ho Market and
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