19. Amongst the more important works for which plans were approved, the following may be noted:- New Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank on Queen's Road and Des Vœux Road, Central; Clinic and Health Centre on Johnston Road; new Chinese Methodist Church in Wanchai; extension to Soldiers' and Sailors' Home on Arbuthnot Street; extension to Messrs. Sincere Co.'s building on Connaught Road; new Headquarters for St. John's Ambulance Brigade on Tai Hang Road; Confucius Hall on Caroline Hill Road; site development and Gas Holder at West Point; Repulse Bay Lido, development of Mount Cameron, Middle Gap, and new Tai Hang Road as residential districts; reclamation and Gas Holder on To Kwa Wan Road; School and Church on Waterloo Road; site formation on Waterloo Road; Peiho Theatre in Peiho Street; Maryknoll Convent School on Waterloo Road and Boundary Street.
20. Buildings of importance completed were:- Hong Kong Stock Exchange Building in Des Vœux Road Central; (previously known as Ice House Street); Cheero Club in Queen's Road, Central; Kam Loong Restaurant in Des Vœux Road, Central; China Fleet Club on Praya East Reclamation; School of Surgery, Hong Kong University; Peel Engineering Laboratory, Hong Kong University; St. Louis Industrial School on Queen's Road, West; National Lacquer and Paint Product Co.'s Factory on Shaukiwan Road; Commercial Press Ltd.'s Printing and Book Binding Factory on Shaukiwan Road; Alhambra Theatre on Nathan Road; Paint Factory in Arran Street and Canton Road; Book Factory in Pak Tai Street; Pastor's quarters at All Saints School in Hak Po Street; Extension to Chinese Y.M.C.A. in Waterloo Road; Lead Pencil Factory on Castle Peak Road.
21. Of the 280 Chinese tenement houses for which occupation permits were granted it is of interest to note that thirty-two were erected on the Praya East Reclamation making a total to date on this area 1,005 houses. Forty houses of this type were erected in other localities in Hong Kong and 208 were erected in Kowloon and New Kowloon.
22. Occupation permits for eighty-five dwellings of European type were granted, of which twenty-eight were erected on the Island and fifty-seven in Kowloon District.
23. Mount Cameron, Middle Gap and new Tai Hang Roads are proving very popular as new residential districts.
24. Buildings of non-domestic or commercial character completed show an increase over the returns of the preceding year, but these, apart from the buildings noted in paragraph 20 were of a minor character.
25. A comparative statement of the number and type of buildings in respect of which plans were deposited is given in Table XIV.