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4. Cost of Office. As the Survey Office forms part of the Public Works Department and is accommodated in the same building, the charges for numerous items such as lighting, heating, electric fans, etc., cannot be stated. Omitting these, the following is a statement of the cost:-
Salaries, $ 80,441.44 Conveyance Allowances, 4,637.23 Wages for Coolies, 7,154.87 Land Survey Contingencies, 27.00 Transport & Travelling Expenses, 607.45 Survey of Colony, 1,674.18 Incidental Expenses, 141.60 Surveying Instruments, Furniture, Rent Allowances, 4,484.84 Total,... $ 99,168.615. Trigonometrical Survey.-No trigonometrical work was carried out during the year.
6. Topographical and Cadastral Surveys.-About 70 miles of minor traverses have been run during the year, mostly in connection with filling in the Ordnance Survey of the Colony and new roads. The European staff were at full strength by the end of January, four Surveyors having returned during the middle of the year and the last two by the end of January. One European Surveyor was transferred to the Engineering Branch in February of this year. The Kowloon Ordinance Survey 200′=1′′ (6 sheets) was completed and revised and sent to England for reproduction. The Survey of the Hill District was completed and revised and will shortly be forwarded to England also for reproduction. An area of about 55 acres of the Hongkong City Ordnance Survey was plotted on 50′=1″ scale.
A considerable amount of work in connection with the Shamshuipo Reclamation Scheme has been carried out, 37 old lots being resumed and buildings pulled down. Lease plans for 21 new lots at Shamshuipo were prepared.
In addition, 39 lots in Hongkong and Kowloon were surveyed for Lease Plans, etc., and 353 boundary stones, bearing lot numbers, were fixed.
An extensive area, comprising 338 acres, at Cheung Chau was surveyed and plotted. The new Golf Course at Fanling, (9 holes), was surveyed and the old 18-holes Course revised. Numerous lots in Fanling and district were surveyed and set out on ground, also lots at Cheung Chau. A survey of the Race Course for Lease Plans comprised 16 acres. About 4 miles of Cheung Chau coast line was surveyed in connection with the setting-out of a European Reservation and boundary stones, 15 in number, were fixed. A new Reclamation lot at Cheung Chau was also set out.