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19. Reinforced concrete slabs were laid on the gantries of Bridges Nos. 10, 25 and 33 in substitution of wooden planks.
20. The overhead bridge at Gascoigne Road, the foot-bridge at Holt's Crossing, Bridge No. 30 at Taipo, and the steelwork of Taipo Pier were scraped and painted.
21. The reinforced concrete wharf at Kowloon Station was twice damaged in the beginning of the year by the collision of launches. The damages were duly repaired.
22. To facilitate coach washing, 475 feet of wooden gantry in the Carriage Shed No. 2, Loco Yard, were widened.
23. The last two bays of the Running Shed roofs were stripped and replaced with asbestos cement sheeting; this completes the whole of Running Shed roof.
24. The French tile roofs of Class "A" and "B" European quarters were dismantled and substituted with asbestos cement corrugated sheeting.
25. An accommodation road bridge of 28 feet span was found necessary at Mile 153. Work was commenced in November and will be completed early in 1929.
26. The Manager's House, "Farkside", Kowloon was taken over from the railway department for use as a Government school.
27. The principal item of track maintenance involved the relaying of Beacon Hill Tunnel (2403 yards) with new 85-lb flat-bottomed rails, found necessary owing to a number of rail breakages suddenly occurring. There appears to be an abnormal amount of rail wear in this tunnel on account of the severe grades and damp patches.
28. No damage was caused by typhoons, or storm water.
LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK.
29. Main line locomotives Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and shunting locomotive No. 14 were given a general overhaul. No. 1 locomotive was stripped right down and rebuilt. New axles were fitted to the driving wheels. No. 2's boiler was restayed and retubed. No. 3 had new cylinders and pistons fitted. Extensive repairs were carried out on four other locomotives.
30. During the year a great deal of boiler repair work was necessary, the result of bad water obtained from Canton for the return journeys. The boilers of two locomotives were obliged to be changed, one being a new one and the other a reconditioned one. Our spare boilers enabled these repairs to be carried out in the minimum of time.