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of the Consulting Engineers again inspected and reported favourably. The Hong Kong Public Gardens Service Reservoir, the last item of the 1st Section of the Shing Mun Scheme, was commenced and good progress was made. The Kowloon Byewash Reservoir was completed and brought into use, forming a link between the Shing Mun Scheme and the older works.
RECLAMATIONS.
40. At Tsat Tsz Mui a reclamation of about 24 acres was carried out. An area of 1 acre approximately has been reclaimed for traffic adjoining the ferry pier under construction at Jordan Road. The China Light & Power Co. reclaimed an area of about five acres at To Kwa Wan. The reclamation at Cheung Sha Wan was extended by further dumping of Sanitary department refuse. The total of the area now formed amounts to about twelve acres.
PIERS.
41. The construction of the pier at Wilmer Street was completed. Construction was commenced on a ferry pier 300 feet in length and 200 feet in width in front of the Fire Station Building between Queen Victoria Street and Jubilee Street. The seaward portion of the pier for 150 feet is constructed in the form of two arms providing a basin for berthing the vehicles ferry.
42. Adjoining the reclamation at Jordan Road, the work was undertaken of constructing reinforced concrete arms to form a basin for berthing the vehicles ferry on the Kowloon side of the Harbour. The work of constructing the pier at Mong Kok was completed. The pier in structural steel work for Hung Hom Government Store was completed. The work of constructing the pier at Shamshuipo was completed.
ELECTRICAL WORKS.
43. The following works were completed during the year:- Electric light and power installations were fitted to the following buildings:- Victoria Gaol New Printing Shop; Government Stone Quarry, Aberdeen Pumping Stations (Upper and Lower); Married Quarters Lai Chi Kok Prison; To Kwa Wan Sanitary Inspectors Quarters and Bungalow at Tai Po Road. Two latrines and bathhouses and six ferry piers were wired for electric lighting. Twenty-one Government buildings in Hong Kong and Kowloon were rewired. The telephone system and fans and lights in certain buildings of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were maintained. A number of telephones were installed at various places. Installation of additional 100-line switchboard was completed at the Kowloon Government Telephone Exchange