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Station at Kowloon Point; Mt. Cochrane, Kowloon; Gascoigne and Jordan Roads, Kowloon; and various areas on the East, West and North sides of King's Park, Kowloon, classed as Building Land.
As the result of quarrying operations, Mount Cochrane is fast disappearing and the area occupied by the hill will become available for building purposes.
A small area containing about 360 square feet, being a portion of the Military Cantonment near Arsenal Street, was handed over to the Colonial Government for the purpose of constructing a Urinal. The value of the site at $1.00 per square foot being credited to the War Department in the Colonial Military Lands Account.
Permission was granted for the following encroachments, viz.:— (1.) By War Department on Colonial Government Land.
(4.) 2 Datum Points on Lamma and Kau I Chau Islands. (b.) Rifle range (300 yards) situated South-east of Sanatorium Reserve.
(c.) Two Jalousies to the Army Ordnance Store which project over the footpath in Queen's Road East near Arsenal Street.
(2.) By Colonial Government on War Department Land,
Telephone Pole on War Department Land at Murray Battery.
19. Naval Lands.-The only item under this heading was an encroachment by the Naval Authorities at Lai Chi Kok, New Kowloon, by the erection of a beacon, granted on payment of $1.00 per annum.
20. Piers.--The right of erecting piers under long leases was granted in one case in Hongkong and in three in Kowloon. An extension of one permanent pier in the New Territories was granted. Licences for the following temporary piers for various periods were issued:-10 in Hongkong, 8 in Kowloon and 12 in the New Territories. Licences were also issued or renewed for 9 slipways in Hongkong, 4 in Kowloon and one in the New Territories, the fees for which amounted to $2,040. The premium derived in respect of pier rights amounted to $7,721.90 for permanent piers and $6,680 for temporary piers.
21. Cemeteries.--During the year the Government Cemetery at Cheung Chau Island, New Territories, was surveyed and stones fixed, the revised area being 5.77 acres.
Work under the Buildings Ordinance.
22. Amending Ordinance, 1908.-The two additional overseers mentioned in last year's report were appointed during the year.
23. Amending Ordinance, 1909.—A further amending Ordinance which dealt principally with the transfer of certain duties from the Registrar General's Department to the Sanitary Department and the exhumation of bodies but which also contained a few amendments relating to buildings was passed in May.
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Station at Kowloon Point; Mt. Cochrane, Kowloon; Gascoigne and Jordan Roads, Kowloon; and various areas on the East, West and North sides of King's Park, Kowloon, classed as Building Land.
As the result of quarrying operations, Mount Cochrane is fast disappearing and the area occupied by the hill will become available for building purposes.
A small area containing about 360 square feet, being a portion of the Military Cantonment near Arsenal Street, was handed over to the Colonial Government for the purpose of constructing a Urinal. the value of the site at $1.00 per square foot being credited to the War Department in the Colonial Military Lands Account.
Permission was granted for the following encroachments, viz. :— (1.) By War Department on Colonial Government Land.
(4.) 2 Datum Points on Lamma and Kau I Chau Islands. (b.) Rifle range (300 yards) situated South-east of Sani-
tarium Reserve.
(e.) Two Jalousies to the Army Ordnance Store which project over the footpath in Queen's Road East near Arsenal Street.
(2.) By Colonial Gorernment on War Department Land,
Telephone Pole on War Department Land at Murray
Battery.
19. Naval Lands.-The only item under this heading was an encroachment by the Naval Authorities at Lai Chi Kok, New Kowloon, by the erection of a beacon, granted on payment of $1.00 per annum.
20. Piers.--The right of erecting piers under long leases was granted in one case in Hongkong and in three in Kowloon. An extension of one permanent pier in the New Territories was granted. Licences for the following temporary piers for various periods were issued:-10 in Hongkong, 8 in Kowloon and 12 in the New Territories. Licences were also issued or renewed for 9 slipways in Hongkong, 4 in Kowloon and one in the New Territories, the fees for which amounted to $2,040. The permia derived in respect of pier rights amounted to $7,721.90 for permanent piers and $6,680 for temporary piers.
21. Cemeteries.--During the year the Government Cemetery at Cheung Chau Island, New Territories, was surveyed and stones fixed, the revised area being 5'77 acres.
Work under the Buildings Ordinance.
22. Amending Ordinance, 1908.-The two additional overseers mentioned in last year's report were appointed during the year.
23. Amending Ordinance, 1909.—A further amending Ordinance which dealt principally with the transfer of certain duties from the Registrar General's Department to the Sanitary Department and the exhumation of bodies but which also contained a few amendments relating to buildings was passed in May.
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