P.W.R. Kowloon,
Q 66
Green Island Lighthouse and Pier :- Cement concrete decking and sea-wall badly damaged, also fencing and paths leading from Pier. Roofs and windows of quarters damaged.
Mataukok Cattle Depôt and Quarters :- Damage to roofs and windows generally.
Royal Observatory :- Roots, windows and doors damaged and landslide to easterly side.
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Other premises damaged in a similar manner were Kowloon Disinfecting Station, Signal Hill Station, Children's Shelter, Kowloon British School, Kowloon Junior School, Chatham Road Houses; and at Yaumati, the Police Station, Coal Camber, Pig Lairage and Old Market.
The heavy rains referred to in paragraph 31 of this Report caused numerous small landslips throughout the district, the largest of which was in Coronation Road at rear of K.I.L. 1307 necessitating cutting back the slope, erecting rubble walling and laying cement concrete catchwater.
It was found necessary to erect a retaining wall after a heavy landslip at the rear of K.I.L. 630.
Portions of the sea-wall at Hok Ün and Tai Wan were washed away and had to be renewed.
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A number of public lamps and piers were damaged, and the buildings and fence of Middle Road Depôt blown down. Necessary repairs were completed by the end of the year.
The surface of those roads treated with asphaltum were injured very slightly whereas practically the whole of the ordinary macadamized roads had to be repaired, owing to scour.
Considerable repairs were necessary to the aerial lines due to the typhoon of the 18th August.
80. Maintenance of Water Works.- A constant supply of water was maintained up to the 3rd April when, owing to the failure of the early Spring rains, it was found necessary to restrict the supply in all districts to nine hours a day divided into two periods of five hours in the morning and four hours in the afternoon.
It was found possible to withdraw all restrictions on the 18th June, and a full supply was maintained from that date till the end of the year.