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Appendix No. 4.
REPORT ON PROPOSED NEW ROADS, by MR. ORMSBY.
One of the first and most pressing needs is a good cart road on an easy trace from the shores of Mirs Bay, where it approaches nearest to Kowloon city, over to British Kowloon. Such a road can readily be made as a continuation of the road already con structed on the west side of the peninsula to Mong-kok-tsui. The trace would pass through Tai-kok-tsui and along the sea coast past Lai-chi-kok, Keo-pa-kang, &c., rising by an easy gradient until it passed round the end of the southerly mountain range, and entered the valley leading down towards Sha-t'in Inlet in Mirs Bay. Sha-t'in on the right, the trace would pass the villages of Tai-Wai, Cheung-Lung, Fo- Leaving tan, and keeping up by Kau-to, drop again to the important centre of Taipò Hü market town at the head of Tolo harbour. From Taipò Hü the road should follow the existing paths up the valley to the north-west to Sham Chun. The line I have indicated only scales 22 miles on the map, and I am of opinion that a good carriage road trace would turn out to be not more than 25 or 26 miles. I put this road first, as I consider it far and away the most important; it would pass through the centre of the territory, and not only would afford rapid and easy access to Hong Kong markets for villagers with produce to dispose of, but would render the administration of the new territory simple. Besides this, there daily communication by junks from different points on Mirs Bay with Taipò Hü and Sha-t'in.
Next in importance I would put a road from Sham Chun to Shat'au Kok or Starling Inlet. This road would be about 10 miles long and on very easy gradients, the greatest elevation between these two towns being only 80 feet above sea level.
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The Des Voeux road on the east side of British Kowloon through Hung-Hom should be carried on to Kowloon city, and generally following the existing footpath through a pass in the chain of hills, be continued on to the important town of Sai-Kung on the shores of Port Shelter. This road should eventually be continued across the dividing range to the shore of Tolo Harbour in Mirs Bay.
The roads so far described should in my opinion be what I would designate as second class carriage roads, 12 feet wide, all rivers and streams permanently bridged with stone or iron structures, stone cross drains, and surfaced with the best gravel or disintegrated rock obtainable locally, all soft ground having a bottoming of large stones; 1 in 18 should be the steepest gradients permitted. On such roads Chinese ponies in light two-wheeled carriages could readily accomplish 8 miles an hour, bringing Sham- Chun within a three hours' drive of Kowloon. I roughly estimate the cost of such roads at $10,000 a mile, but in the absence of surveys and sections this must be con- sidered rather of a guess.
Besides these, some good bridle roads should be constructed, the most important being one leaving the first main road above described where it enters the valley leading to Sha-t'in, skirting the hills close above Ts'ün-wan and following the telegraph line path through one of the gaps on Taimò Shán down into the Pát Heung Valley, and so on to Unlong Hu and P'ingshan by Kamt'in Hü. A road joining Unlong Hu with Sham Chun would also be desirable. Another useful road would be one connecting P'át Heung Valley with Taipò Hu, through the Lam-ts'ün valley, a low ridge of hills between the two making this a simple matter. These bridle roads should be 6 feet wide, with stone culverts over the smaller streams, and paved fords over the larger ones, to save expense in bridging. The gradients should be limited to 1 in 10, but carriage road gradients adopted if possible, with a view to future developments. The natural sur- face might be left. I estimate that such roads should not cost more than $2,000 a mile.
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Appendix No. 5.
LIST CONTAINING THE NAME AND POPULATION OF
TERRITORY.
EACH VILLAGE IN
THE NEW
(Compiled by Mr. Ts'oi Yeuk-shan.)
P.
Punti or Cantonese.
H.
Hakka.
T.
Tanka.
SHAM CHUN DIVISION.
Name of Village.
Population. People.
Name of Village.
Population. People.
Sham chun Shia pin Heang sai
Tsai uk wai
dddddddd
2,000 1,200
P.
Lau foo wat
60
Chai kok
80
1,200 P.
Lo Shu ling
100
800
P.
Ping tsis
160
Lo-ú
500
P.
Man uk pin
100
Wong piu ling
2,500
P.
Shan kai fat
60
Lo fung
250
H.
Tai po tin
100
Sai ling au
100
Tan chuk hang
100
Wang kung ha
150
P.
Lok ina chu
160
Tung hang wai
120
Tao tau
250
Lin tang
160
H.
San tin
3,000
Lin ma hang
450
H.
Li uk tsun
Heung un wai... Ping jeung
120
160
H.
Total villages, 26
200
14,080
HAADHAARAADA
H.
An tau... Shan talu
SHAT AU KOK DIVISION.
Name of Village.
Population. People.
Name of Village.
Population. People.
Kun lo ha
Shat'au kok
700
H.
Sai shan ha
100
Om kang
160
H.
Kat o
600
Sha teing tau
120
H.
Pak sha tau
20
Un tan tau
120
H.
Pak tam tsui
60
Kang hau
140
H.
Fung wong tat
10
160
H.
Slu kau
150
250
H.
Tai kau
100
180
H.
Kam chuk pai
100
Sheang wai
80
H.
Sam a
150
Shan taun
180
H,
Hung shik mun
40
Yam shui hang
200
H.
Lai chi wo
300
U shek kok
70
H.
Shik shui kan...
20
Tai long
70
P.
Wong ling tani
70
Yeung ngak tau
100
H.
Wong ling tau
150
Yim tas ha
60
H.
Yong sha an
300
Ma chak ling
220
H.
A ma fat
60
Au ha
Wo hang
80
H.
U kau tin
300
260
H.
Chang m2
60
Pin po mi
80
H.
Kuk po
500
Sha-tau
200
H.
Luk king
300
Sha kong hu
200
H.
Nam chung
200
Wong pit wing
100
H.
Fung hang
200
Au keuk ha
200
H.
Sam tam ho
40
Tan wai
100
H.
Lo lung tin
-80
Kong uk
100
H.
Kai kuk shu ha
120
Lung ngan un
100
H.
Teat muk kin...
80
Shek-tan
120
H.
Siu pu
100
H.
Total villages, 55
8,600
At pui
100
H.
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638
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UN LONG DIVISION.
Name of Village.
Population. People.
Name of Village.
Population. People,
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