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129. Reclamation opposite K.M.Ls 29-31, Yaumati.-This work, together with the slipway for the Repairing and Coaling Yard for Government Launches, which was constructed as an extra work under the contract, was completed in November. All liabilities were discharged before the end of the year. The area reclaimed (9.05 acres) lies to the westward of Reclamation Street and extends from Saigon Street to Public Square Street.
1914 Estimates, $16,000.00
Total Estimates.... $16,000.00 1914 Sup. Vote, $4,700.00 Total Estimates....... $87,000.00 $20,700.00 1914 Expenditure, $20,693.72 Expenditure to 31/12/14, $81,763.71130. Typhoon Refuge, Mongkoktsui.—Good progress continued to be made with this work. Throughout the entire length of the breakwater, the rubble hearting on which the pitching and paving blocks are set was completed and a large amount of block-setting, particulars of which are given hereafter, was executed.
The manufacture of the concrete blocks in the blockyard at Taikoktsui, which was begun in January of last year, was finished in September of this year. The total number of blocks made was 12,453, comprising composite granite and concrete foot-blocks for the round-heads at each end of the breakwater, concrete foot-blocks for the inner slope, pitching-blocks for the outer slope and paving-blocks for the top of the breakwater and foundation-blocks for the outer wall of the pier and for the pier-head which enclose the Refuge at the southern and northern ends respectively.
Block-setting for the breakwater commenced in April, the setting of the granite foot-blocks for the outer slope and of the concrete foot-blocks for the inner slope proceeding simultaneously. The setting of the ordinary concrete blocks forming the facing of the outer slope and of the ordinary granite blocks forming the facing of the inner slope followed in June. By the end of the year, 118 composite foot-blocks, (54 tons each), 553 granite foot-blocks, (34 tons each), 690 concrete foot-blocks, (2 tons each), 920 special pitching-blocks, (3 tons each), 5,448 ordinary concrete facing blocks, (2 tons each), and 7,230 ordinary granite blocks, of an average weight of 1 ton each, had been set.
The reclamation south of K.M.L. 32, at the northern entrance to the Refuge, was completed with the exception of the parapet wall and surfacing of the pier-head.
The superstructure of the pier which projects from the western frontage of K.M.L. 49, at the southern entrance to the Refuge, was proceeded with. The foundation-blocks of the outer wall were set, the cement concrete footing-course of the inner wall was deposited and the lime concrete hearting between the inner and outer walls was carried up to a height of 12 feet above low water. These operations were carried out before the typhoon season in order