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The sections from Castle Peak to Yun Long are completed.
The Yun Long to Au T'au section is finished with the exception of certain minor details.
The San T'in to Au Ha Gap section is completed with the exception of certain bridges.
The remaining two sections have been surveyed but work has not yet begun.
The width of the road is 8 feet except on the Castle Peak-Ping Shan section where it is 6 feet.
A pier at Castle Peak has been projected but no work has been taken in hand. This pier when made will be a valuable terminus and is absolutely essential.
XI. GENERAL.
All Ordinances relating to the Territory were consolidated and enacted as Ordinance 34 of 1910. Much that was obsolete and useless was repealed and the laws affecting the Territory can now be found in a convenient form.
There can be little doubt of the general prosperity of the District. The cost of living and of wages is going up, soda water of the better brands and Three Castle cigarettes, which were almost unknown except at Tai Po some five years ago, are now to be obtained all over the District. There can be no doubt as to the increased taxability of the people. The liquor tax which was imposed for the first time this year, brought in $19,632.30, and this sum, which is greater than the entire revenue derived from the Territory ten years ago, was paid without a murmur.
7th February, 1911.
S. B. C. Ross,
District Officer.
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The sections from Castle Peak to Yun Long are completed.
The Yun Long to Au T'au section is finished with the excep- tion of certain minor details.
The San T'in to Au Ha Gap section is completed with the excep- tion of certain bridges.
The remaining two sections have been surveyed but work has not yet begun.
The width of the road is 8 feet except on the Castle Peak- Ping Shan section where it is 6 feet.
A pier at Castle Peak has been projected but no work has been taken in hand. This pier when made will be a valuable terminus and is absolutely essential.
XI. GENERAL.
All Ordinances relating to the Territory were consolidated and enacted as Ordinance 34 of 1910. Much that was obsolete and useless was repealed and the laws affecting the Territory can now be found in a convenient form.
There can be little doubt of the general prosperity of the District. The cost of living and of wages is going up, soda water of the better brands and Three Castle cigarettes, which were almost unknown except at Tai Po some five years ago, are now to be obtained all over the District. There can be no doubt as to the increased taxability of the people. The liqour tax which was imposed for the first time this year, brought in $19,632.30, and this sum, which is greater than the entire revenue derived from the Territory ten years ago, was paid without a murmur.
7th February, 1911.
S. B. C. Ross,
District Officer.
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