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Resumptions.
The progress of the work in this office was again considerably retarded during the year on account of the shortage of staff.
In addition to the valuations and preparation of terms for the resumptions contained in the schedule on pages 35 to 48, the following valuations etc., were made :--
(1.) Valuations for the Estate Duty Commissioner, Registrar, Supreme Court, etc., and valuations in connection with properties offered by contractors as securities totalling $1,673,862.
(2.) Schedules of valuations for the resumption of the properties in-
The whole of Wongneichong Village : total value, $140,372.00
The whole of Kaulungtong Village: total value, $219,921.00
Portion of Hok Ün Village: total value, $36,319.50
Total, $396,612.50
(3.) Special valuations required by Government of sundry properties totalling $4,945,512.00.
(4.) Valuations of the structures only on numerous lots affected by the Town Planning Scheme for Kowloon and the New Territories. In these cases, areas on the new lay-out have been granted in exchange for the old lots and cash payments made as compensation for the buildings.
(5.) Numerous plans and tables of statistics regarding the sales of private property in Hongkong and Kowloon in connection with the visit of Sir John Oakley to the Colony for the purpose of valuing the Military Lands.
The street widening lines have been set out and checked in the case of the majority of the properties included in the following schedule; this has involved the laying down and picketing of new reference lines in several long lengths of streets :—