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No payments were made to the contractors on account of work done during 1910. The expenditure for the year, which amounted to $28,386.77, was for dredging, maintenance of dredger and preliminary and supervision expenses in connection with the work.
The negotiations with the lessees of Kowloon Marine Lot No. 32 with regard to the reclamation to the South of their lot, referred to in last year's report, were brought to a successful issue, the lessees agreeing to the carrying out of a modified scheme, which overcame their objections to the original scheme, and accepting an offer made to them to surrender a part of their present lot in exchange for a portion of the area to be reclaimed.
The estimated cost of the work, after deducting the value of a portion of the reclamation which will become available for sale, is $2,235,361, but this is exclusive of certain claims for compensation made by the lessees of Kowloon Marine Lots 29, 30 and 31.
1910 Estimates, $90,000.00 Total Estimates, 1910 Expenditure, $28,386.77 Expenditure to 31/12/10, $306,609.3097. Causeway Bay Typhoon Refuge—Deepening shallow area to one foot below Ordnance Datum.—This work was completed during the year. It consisted of the removal of 110,305 cubic yards of material, a portion of which was utilized in forming the reclamation referred to in last year's report.
1910 Estimates, $11,000.00 1910 Sup. Vote, $886.00 $11,886.00 Total Estimates, $74,000.00 Total Expenditure, $74,885.89 1910 Expenditure, $11,885.8998. Reclamation, Yaumati.—This work was not proceeded with. The small expenditure shown was incurred in obtaining valuations and reports with regard to claims made against the Government by the Marine Lot-holders on account of alleged interference with their rights of access to the waters of the harbour.
1910 Estimates, -$40,000.00 1910 Expenditure, $1,239.00 $1,239.00 Total Estimates, Expenditure to 31/12/10, $1,239.0099. Improvement of Tai Hang Village.—The improvement of the old portion of this village, which had formed the subject of complaints by the Sanitary Board, was undertaken. The work consisted of the entire demolition of the old houses and the pig-sties, the filling in of the sites so as to raise them to a maximum extent of about 6 feet, the laying out of new roads and lanes and the proper drainage of the area. The villagers were compensated for the demolition of their buildings and were given improved sites on which to erect sanitary dwellings. In all, 48 houses, 8 matsheds and 73 pig-sties have to be dealt with and, of these, 18 houses, 1 matshed and 15 pig-sties...
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