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Land Sales, &c.
15. Lease Plans.--Plans and Particulars (in duplicate) of 118 lots were prepared and forwarded to the Land Officer in connection with the issue of leases.
16. Boundary Stones.-Boundary stones were fixed to 59 lots in Hongkong, 49 in Kowloon and 178 in New Kowloon and the New Territories.
17. Surveys. So numerous were the applications for land—by far greater than in any previous year—that the Staff was very fully employed on the requisite surveys for sale plans, and on the preparation of Lease Plans.
Severn and Lugard Roads, and the road from Gap Road to Wanchai Gap were surveyed and plotted on the Ordnance Sheets.
In view of the pressure mentioned above, it was considered desirable to form a sub-division of the office, administered by the Principal Land Surveyor, and under the direct charge of an Assistant Land Surveyor, for dealing with the Ordnance Survey work only. In order to secure the necessary assistance for carrying out the details of this survey, Chinese youths having sufficient mathematical qualification are being trained as Surveyors. This arrangement was nearly accomplished by the end of the year and appeared to be working satisfactorily.
Marine Lots Nos. 430 and 431, which were sold during the year, were set out, and the various boundary marks valued. The area contained in these lots is about 17 acres.
A number of proposed main roads in the Kowloon City and Ma Tau Chang Districts were set out and defined by monuments. Setting out plans of the following roads were prepared, and pickets, boxes, &c., fixed to define the centre lines:—Kowloon City—Mong Kok Tsui Road, Coronation Road (from Soy Street to Ivy Street), Argyle Street, and Shanghai Street (from Waterloo Road to Taipo Road).
Valuations were made, and schedules and plans prepared, of numerous lots and buildings at Shamshuipo, Cheung Sha Wan, Kau Lung Tong, and To Kwa Wan and Mong Kok Villages, for purposes of resumption or exchanges. The boundaries of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (from the South Face of the Tunnel to the Terminus) were defined on the ground, and plans prepared. Surveys were made of Kowloon Farm Lots Nos. 3, 4 and 6, and of Kowloon Inland Lots 1308 to 1348, Ho Mun Tin, in addition to numerous surveys for lease plans, setting out new lots, and in connection with applications for sales, &c.
18. Naval and Military Lands.—In connection with the Praya East Reclamation Scheme, Kellett's Island and a portion of the Arsenal Yard, Queen's Road East, were transferred by the War Department to Government, the Admiralty who occupy the area retaining the right of user in the meanwhile.