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The large masonry dam of the Tytam Tuk Reservoir was constructed to a height of 49 feet above the stream-bed, or a total height of 90 feet from the lowest part of the foundations and, towards the end of the year, a considerable quantity of water was impounded. The laying of two additional cast iron pumping mains, 18" diameter, was completed. An extension of the pumping station buildings to accommodate the additional pumping machinery, the whole of which arrived from England, was nearly completed. The new boilers were set and a commencement was made with the erection of the pumping engines.
A new 20 foot road, a mile in length, extending from the old Aberdeen-Stanley road, in the vicinity of the Village of Little Hong-kong, to Deep Water Bay was completed and opened to traffic at the end of the year. In the City, Bonham Strand West and portions of Des Voeux Road Central and Chater Road were surfaced with 2" of Asphaltum on a cement concrete foundation. Several new streets, both in the City and in Kowloon, were formed, kerbed, channelled and surfaced.
In the New Territories, the road from Tai Po to Fanling was completed, including the two bridges referred to in last year's report. A commencement was made with the bridging of the Au Tau Creek, which will link up the two sections of road already constructed and connect Castle Peak District with Fanling, Tai Po and Kowloon Point. Portions of the road must however be considerably widened before the road can be opened for motor traffic. The widening of a section of the road, extending from near Sheung Shui Train Halt to San Tin Village, (0.36 miles in length), was undertaken and was nearly completed by the close of the year. The road is being widened to 20 feet.
The extension of the road and the pier at Castle Peak Bay were completed.
Upwards of 4,600 lineal feet of streams were trained in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, in the City and Hill District and in Kowloon. In the New Territories, the training of the streams in the vicinity of the Railway bungalows at Tai Po was continued. Various and considerable extensions of sewers in connection with new building lots were carried out in Hongkong and Kowloon.
The Repairing and Coaling Depôt for Government Launches, at Yaumati, described in last year's Report, was completed except the carriage and hauling gear for the slipway and the erection of the pier. It was decided to instal an electric capstan for hauling up vessels on the slipway. The ironwork for the pier did not arrive until the latter part of the year.
In connection with a proposal by the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. to erect a pier, having a depth of 30 feet alongside at the lowest tides, at their Kowloon Point premises, the Government undertook to dredge the berths alongside the pier and