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In the Southern District of the New Territories, 111 lots were resumed by the Assistant Land Officer: 88 for non-payment of Crown Rent and 23 for public purposes (construction of road to Shatin Gap, &c.). In addition to the foregoing, 40 lots were voluntarily surrendered and 1 lot (No. 390, Section A, S.D. IV) was exchanged for New Kowloon Inland Lot 37.
Particulars of the resumptions effected in the Northern District are contained in the Land Officer's report. They include the areas required for the construction of a road from Castle Peak Bay to Ping Shan.
13. Lease Plans.-Plans and Particulars (in duplicate) of 54 lots and 1 pier were forwarded to the Land Officer in connection with the issue of leases.
14. Boundary Stones.-Boundary stones were fixed for 7 lots in Hongkong, 3 in Kowloon and 2 in the New Territories.
15. Surveys. Many surveys of considerable extent were undertaken for the purpose of defining the boundaries of lots or preparing sale or lease plans. The most extensive works of this nature were the surveys of 36 Squatter Villages which took more than one surveyor's time for the whole year, the completion of the survey of Deep Bay, which occupied a surveyor over three months, and a survey of the whole of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's property at Quarry Bay which, taking the combined time of surveyors engaged, occupied over six months' time of one surveyor. In addition to these, a certain amount of triangulation work to form the foundation of a trigonometrical survey of Hongkong and Kowloon was carried out, and extensive surveys were made of the South-Eastern portion of Kowloon Peninsula in connection with railway work and of several blocks of land held by the Military Authorities for the purpose of determining boundaries and areas. A survey was also prepared of the Naval Properties in the vicinity of Macdonnell Road, (re-named Canton Road), Kowloon, for the issue of leases.
Seeing that such extensive surveys have had to be undertaken, it was decided that in future uniform scales of 50 feet to an inch (1:600) and 200 feet to an inch (1:2400) should be adopted for the maps of the whole Colony thus getting rid of difficulties hitherto experienced owing to the variety of scales in use. The whole of Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon has been divided into Ordnance Sheets and the survey of Kowloon is being pushed on with a view of replacing the existing map which is on the (1:500) scale.
16. Sites for booths at the Racecourse.-A sum of $1,637.00 was realized by the letting of sites for the erection of booths and stands at Happy Valley during the Race Meeting.
17. Squatters' Licences. At the beginning of 1908 there were 232 Squatters on the roll, representing an annual rental of $893.58, and during the year 2 licences were written off leaving a total rental of $880.35 at the end of 1908.
18. Military Lands.-Through stress of other work slow progress was made with the surveys in connection with the exchanges of land under the Lewis Agreement. The War Department properties at Gun Club Hill and Central Block, Kowloon, were however demarcated and agreement plans prepared. The number of outstanding surveys is 24.
The War Department agreed to pay $1.00 per annum for each of the following encroachments:
Magazine within the Reserve at Sywan.
Rifle Range
Covered Tank
Brick Building,
Two approach paths within the Reserve at Gun Club Hill.
An application was made by the Military Authorities for an area of land at Crown Point in the New Territories but the matter has not yet been settled.
19. Naval Lands.-Surveys were prepared of all the Naval properties in the vicinity of Canton Road, Kowloon, for the purpose of issuing leases of the following lots, viz. Kowloon Marine Lots 35, 41 & 82. Certain arrangements between the Colonial Government and the Naval Authorities, whereby a strip of land between Kowloon Marine Lots 35 & 41 was surrendered to the latter in exchange for a strip to widen Jordan Road, were given effect to.
20. Piers.-Long leases of pier rights were granted in one case in Hongkong, one in Kowloon and one in the New Territories and extensions were granted for two piers in Kowloon. The premium derived amounted to $9,538.80 for permanent piers and $4,245.22
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In the Southern District of the New Territories, 111 lots were resumed by the Assistant Land Officer: 88 for non-payment of Crown Rent and 23 for public purposes (con- struction of road to Shatin Gap, &c.). In addition to the foregoing, 40 lots were voluntarily surrendered and 1 lot (No. 390, Section A, S.D. IV) was exchanged for New Kowloon Inland Lot 37.
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Particulars of the resumptions effected in the Northern District are contained in the Land Officer's report. They include the areas required for the construction of a road from Castle Peak Bay to Ping Shan.
13. Lease Plans.-Plans and Particulars (in duplicate) of 54 lots and 1 pier were forwarded to the Land Officer in connection with the issue of leases.
14. Boundary Stones.-Boundary stones were fixed for 7 lots in Hongkong, 3 in Kowloon and 2 in the New Territories.
15. Surveys. Many surveys of considerable extent were undertaken for the purpose of defining the boundaries of lots or preparing sale or lease plans. The most extensive works of this nature were the surveys of 36 Squatter Villages which took more than one surveyor's time for the whole year, the completion of the survey of Deep Bay, which occupie l a surveyor over three months, and a survey of the whole of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's property at Quarry Bay which, taking the combined time of surveyors engaged, occupied over six months' time of one surveyor. In addition to these, a certain amount of triangulation work to form the foundation of a trigonometrical survey of Hongkong and Kowloon was carried out, and extensive surveys were made of the South-Eastern portion of Kowloon Peninsul in con- nection with railway work and of several blocks of land held by the Military Authorities for the purpose of determining boundaries and areas, A survey was also prepared of the Naval Properties in the vicinity of Macdonnell Road, (re-named Canton Road), Kowloon, for
the issue of leases.
Seeing that such extensive surveys have had to be undertaken, it was decided that in future uniform scales of 50 feet to an inch (6) and 200 feet to an inch (246) should be adopted for the maps of the whole Colony thus getting rid of difficulties hithert experience! owing to the variety of scales in use. The whole of Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon has been divided into Ordnance Sheets and the survey of Kowloon is being pushed on with a view of replacing the existing map which is on the (50) scale.
16. Sites for booths at the Racecourse.-A sum of $1,637.00 was realize by the letting of sites for the erection of booths and stan is at Happy Valley during the Race Meeting.
17. Squatters' Licences. At the beginning of 1908 there were 232 Squatters on the roll, representing an annual rental of $893.58, and during the year 2 licences were written off leaving a total rental of $880.35 at the end of 1908.
18. Military Lands.-Through stress of other work slow progress was made with the surveys in connection with the exchanges of land under the Lewis Agreement. The War Department properties at Gun Club Hill and Central Block, Kowloon, were however demar- cated and agreement plans prepared. The number of outstanding surveys is 24.
The War Department agreed to pay $1.00 per annum for each of the following en- croachments:
Magazine within the Reserve at Sywan.
Rifle Range
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Brick Building,
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Two approach paths within the Reserve at Gun Club Hill.
An application was made by the Military Authorities for an are of laul at Crown Point in the New Territories but the matter has not yet been settled.
19. Naval Lands.-Surveys were prepared of all the Naval properties in the vicinity of Canton Roa, Kowloon, for the purpose of issuing leases of the following lots, riz. Kow- loon Marine Lots 35, 41 & 82. Certain arrangements between the Colonial Government and the Naval Authorities, whereby a strip of land between Kowloon Marine Lots 35 & 41 was surrendered to the latter in exchange for a strip to widen Jordan Rad, were given effect to.
20. Fiers.-Lon Pases of pier rights were granted in one case in Hongkong, one in Kowloon and one in the New Territories and extensions were granted for two piers in Kowloon. The premium derived amounted to $9,538.80 for permanent piers and $4,245.22
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