Hongkong.
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were made to effect the necessary repairs in position, but, ultimately, the cable had to be taken up and repaired on shore. Repairs were completed in November, the damaged portion being cut off, thus rendering the cable too short. The sound portion of the cable, 1,320 yards in length, was re-laid, the end being secured to enable it to be raised when required, and 440 yards of new cable were ordered to replace the damaged portion.
1916 Estimates,
1916 Expenditure,
$ 7,516.86
137. Exhumation at Mount Davis Cemetery.-The expenditure appearing under this heading was for the exhumation of graves from a considerable area of Crown land at Kennedy Town, situated to the south of the Cattle and Pig and Sheep Depôts. From records available, it appears that, in or about 1867, the area in question was intended to be devoted to Cemetery purposes, but, as it was never declared to be a Cemetery and as no boundaries for it were defined on the ground, considerable portions of it were appropriated by the Sanitary Department during recent years for purposes in connection with the Depôts. At the instance of the Directors of the Tung Wah Hospital, who raised the point, an area of about 15,700 sq. ft. has been marked out as a Cemetery and leased to that body, the graves situated outside its boundaries being exhumed.
1916 Estimates,
1916 Expenditure,
$2,713.35
138. Compensation for pathway along the eastern boundary of Eurasian Cemetery. This item was described in paragraph 171 of last year's Report. As therein mentioned, the amount awarded as compensation remained unpaid at the end of 1915 and consequently a vote had to be taken in 1916.
KOWLOON.
1916 Estimates,
1916 Expenditure,
$2,500.00
139. Training Nullah—Waterloo Road.—A description of this work was given in paragraph 142(b) of last year's Report. The stormwater drains necessitated by the abolition of the old stream-course were completed early in the year.
1916 Estimates, ...
1916 Expenditure, $1,993.29.
NEW TERRITORIES.
Total Estimates, Expenditure to
31/12/16,
$11,000.00
10,377.09
140. Police Station-Castle Peak.-It was considered necessary to station police at Castle Peak Bay and a matshed was accordingly erected on a hill on the west side of the bay. It contains a dormitory, 39′ 0′′ × 12' 0", a mess-room, 12' 0" x 10′ 0′′, and a room, 14' 0" x 10' 0", for an Indian Sergeant, besides the usual offices. A cell constructed of red brick in cement mortar with a concrete roof and iron gate was also provided. The work was carried out in a