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All the houses at Leighton Hill are being constructed by Messrs. Denison, Ram and Gibbs, and those on the Homestead site by Messrs. Little, Adams and Wood.
In addition, 12 houses at Happy Valley were completed for subordinate officers early in the year.
Good progress was made with the new police married quarters, containing 6 flats, in Caine Road,
Alterations were carried out to the Kitchen Block at Government House, and a new Garage Block was commenced which includes quarters for the Custodian and two rooms for guests, for whom accommodation cannot be found in the main building.
The quarters for scavenging coolies at Hospital Road were completed towards the end of the year, and good progress was made with similar quarters in Belchers Street.
Foundations were commenced for the large building (New Fire Brigade Station) opposite the Central Market, the details of the accommodation of which were given in last year's report. A temporary Fire Station was completed in Wanchai.
A contract was let, and work commenced, for a maternity section next to the Victoria Hospital, Barker Road, the Peak, and plans were prepared for the alteration to the main hospital block and to the nurses' quarters; also, an outpatients' block was commenced at the Civil Hospital.
In Kowloon, quarters for the Royal Observatory staff were completed, and an extension to the pig lairage at Ma-tau-kok was made.
The preparation of the site for the Kowloon Hospital was in progress.
Drawings were prepared for the new police station at Yau-mati and Mong-kok-tsui, and for an extension to the fire brigade station at Kowloon.
Other works of a minor nature were carried out.
In the New Territories, work was proceeding in connection with the rebuilding of four of the prison sheds at the Lai-chi-kok branch Prison.
Good progress was made with the new clerks' quarters at Taipo, and the land bailiff's quarters at Pingshan.
COMMUNICATIONS,
The following Motor roads were in hand :-
A road contouring the South side of Mt. Davis and linking Pokfulam Road with the Victoria Road was completed, as was also