47. 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.
48. The total valuations made comprised 768 hereditaments with a total estimated value of $11,130,106.06.
49. 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.
50. Valuations comprising 626 hereditaments with a total estimated value of $9,432,680.00 were made for sundry Government Departments.
TOWN PLANNING.
51. Schemes in connection with the following developments were prepared: - A residential development at the southern end of Wongneichong Valley, a layout for a Leprosarium for the purpose of estimating the area of site, a residential development for an area east of Repulse Bay Road, a revision of the layout at Tsun Wan, a scheme for development of Beaconsfield Arcade site as a garden, a revision of the layout at Stanley Village.
EXPENDITURE.
52. The expenditure on Public Works has increased considerably during the last three decades. The average annual expenditure during the year 1908 to 1917 was $2,205,135, from 1918 to 1927 it was $6,595,371, whilst from 1928 to 1937 the average annual expenditure has been $8,356,074.
53. Tables I, II and III at the end of this Report give various comparative statements of expenditure.