In Kowloon,* portions of K.I.L.'s 412 and 574, containing 2,514 square feet and 531 square feet, were resumed by Government at a cost of $2,514.50 and $929.25 respectively for the provision of scavenging lanes. A portion of K.I.L. 1133, amounting to 2,064 square feet, was resumed at a cost of $2,064 to enable a second block of quarters for Subordinate Officers to be erected near the junction of Cox's Path with Jordan Road. Section E of K.I.L. 108, containing an area of 834.34 square feet, together with the structures thereon, was resumed at a cost of $939.78 in connection with the development of an area of Crown land adjoining Nathan Road. K.I.L. 935 was re-entered for non-payment of Crown rent.
In New Kowloon, the following sums were paid for resumptions in connection with the Shamshuipo Improvement Scheme, viz.:—
$1,174.36 for Lot 2545, S.D. IV, and buildings thereon.
$1,382.95 for Lots 2361 & 2394, S.D. IV, and buildings thereon.
$1,103.50 for Lot 2367.
$93.00 for Lot 2467.
$222.00 for Lot 2468.
$399.00 for Lot 2470.
$263.00 for Lot 2490.
$2,300.00 for Lots 2309 & 2534.
$777.00 for Lots 2511 & 2513.
$303.00 for Lots 2466 & 3202, 2374.
Lot 2321 was also resumed, a new area, viz., N.K.I.L. 159, being granted in exchange for the lot and the sum of $275 paid as compensation for the buildings. Lots 1806, 1807 and 2310 were also resumed, new lots being granted in exchange and a sum of $16.80, representing the difference in value between the old and new lots, being awarded to the lessee. The amount had not however been paid at the close of the year. In the case of two other lots also (2344 and 2346), which were resumed, the amount of compensation awarded ($1,241.30) had not been paid at the close of the year.
The following sums were paid for resumptions in connection with the construction of a road connecting Shamshuipo with the Kowloon Road System, the cost of the resumptions being defrayed out of the vote for that work, viz. "Branch road from Shanghai Street to Shamshuipo"—
$679.64 for Lot 2512, S.D. IV, and buildings thereon.
$78.32 for Lot 2514.
$44.32 for Lot 2515.
$1,510.81 for Lot 2519.
$429.00 for Lot 2526.
$403.30 for Lot 2527.
$391.72 for Lot 2528, 2529.
$62.15 for Lot 2281.
$380.00 for Lot 2289, 2280.
$221.85 for Lot 2289.
$2,095.00.
* The resumption, in 1915, of Hunghom L.L. 198, Remaining Portion, containing 19,600 square feet, at a cost of $21,560, and of Hunghom I.L. 249, containing 750 square feet, at a cost of $1,550, and, in 1916, of Hunghom I.L. 201, containing 1,876 square feet, at a cost of $4,000, was omitted to be recorded in the Reports for the years mentioned. Compensation for all these lots, which were required for the purpose of extending the Railway Carriage Sheds was defrayed from Railway funds.