44. Table XV shews the number of notices dealt with in connection with dangerous structures and miscellaneous works, private street improvements and nuisances.
VALUATIONS AND RESUMPTIONS.
45. The total valuations made comprised 677 hereditaments with a total estimated value of $11,192,768.88.
46. Valuations were made for the purpose of resumption for street widenings and the development of areas in accordance with the approved Town Planning Scheme, for anti-malarial works, estate duty and sundry other purposes. Table XVIII shows the resumptions actually effected.
47. Valuations comprising 613 hereditaments with a total estimated value of $9,256,840.45 were made for sundry Government Departments.
TOWN PLANNING.
48. Schemes in connection with the following developments were prepared:-King George V Memorial Parks, Arsenal Yard Layout, a traffic layout at the Lower Peak Tram Station, a scheme for the development of a public bathing beach at Island Bay, a residential development of the foothills to the north of Cheung Sha Wan and a comprehensive town planning of Tsun Wan Village area.
EXPENDITURE.
49. The expenditure on Public Works has increased considerably during the last three decades. The average annual expenditure during the years 1907 to 1916 was $2,095,096, from 1917 to 1926 it was $6,036,180, whilst from 1927 to 1936 the average annual expenditure has been $8,458,055.
50. Tables I, II and III at the end of this Report give various comparative statements of expenditure.