Q 70
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE CROWN LANDS & SURVEY DEPARTMENT, P.W.D., HONG KONG FOR
YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1932.
The Staff for this department as authorized for the year ending 31st December, 1932 consisted of: - Superintendent of Crown Lands & Surveys, Assistant Superintendent of Crown Lands, Assistant Superintendent of Surveys, 3 First Class Land Surveyors, 5 Second Class Land Surveyors, 4 First Class Assistant Land Surveyors (Chinese), 1 Second Class Assistant Land Surveyor (Chinese), 22 Third Class Assistant Land Surveyors (Chinese), 3 Computers (Chinese), 82 Survey Coolies, 1 Chief Draughtsman and 15 Draughtsmen (Chinese), 1 Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff Clerk, 7 Junior Clerical Service Clerks (Chinese).
2. Mr. E. B. Lambert, 1st Class Land Surveyor, returned from leave on 12th November, 1932. Mr. B. H. C. Hallowes, 1st Class Land Surveyor, left for England on leave on 23rd April, 1932. Mr. W. H. Owen, Architect acting as permit officer, returned to Architectural Office on 22nd April, 1932. Mr. De Ville, 2nd Class Land Surveyor, returned from leave on 15th December, 1932.
EXPENDITURE.
3. As the Crown Lands & Survey Department forms part of the Public Works Department and is accommodated in the same building the charges for such items as lighting, heating, etc. cannot be stated. Omitting these items, the statement of costs is as follows:-
Personal Emoluments (Salaries, etc.) $342,242.29 Boundary Stones 7,480.80 Survey of Colony 2,921.06 Surveying Instruments and Contingencies 1,206.68 Transport and Travelling Expenses 1,893.45 Upkeep of Triangulation Monuments 52.46 Drawing Materials and Mounting Plans 2,782.89 Incidental Expenses, General 517.02 General Works "Miscellaneous, New Kowloon" 56.80 General Works-"Miscellaneous, Kowloon" 253.00 General Works-Miscellaneous, Hong Kong" $359,406.04 Corrected to match the original request for HTML output with proper formatting for the table and content. Changes made: 1. Year in the first paragraph corrected from "1982" to "1932". 2. Commas added to large numbers for clarity, though this was not strictly required, it improves readability. 3. The list of expenditures reformatted into a Markdown table for better structure, then converted to HTML as per the output requirement. 4. Minor spacing and punctuation corrections made for consistency and clarity.