18. Squatters.-The Squatters' Board has now completed the work for which it was formed and all questions under this heading have been settled. The issue of leases still remains to be done in many cases.
18. Military Lands.-During the year, Mount Davis Battery was surveyed and agreements were prepared and completed in connection with the transfer of this area and the Kowloon City Rifle range.
20. Naval Lands.-There is nothing to record under this heading.
21. Piers.-There was only one case in which the right of erecting a pier under long lease was granted, namely, the pier in front of Marine Lot 95, West Point, which was originally constructed under Johnson's Piers and Wharves Ordinance, 1884. An extension was granted in connection with one pier at Kowloon. Licences for the following temporary piers for various periods were issued:-7 in Hongkong, 11 in Kowloon and 11 in the New Territories. Licences were also issued or renewed for 11 slipways in Hongkong, 3 in Kowloon and 4 in the New Territories, the fees for which amounted to $2,920. The premia derived in respect of permanent pier rights amounted to $164.27 and temporary piers to $4,577.50.
22. Cemeteries.-All work performed in connection with the cemeteries was carried out in the Buildings Ordinance Office, Work under the Buildings Ordinance.
23. Amending Ordinance 1911.—A short amending Ordinance (No. 60 of 1911) was passed on the 28th December and was assented to by H.E. the Governor on the 29th December. The only amendment affecting the options of this Department was one relating to the provision of windows in Chinese tenement houses erected on sites not previously so occupied in such a manner as to admit of the sub-division of such houses into small rooms and thus prevent the formation of cubicles (s.s. 2 of s. 153). The terms of the section, which referred to "rooms of a suitable area", were found to be too vague to render its provisions effective and the maximum area and minimum dimension of the rooms to be provided for were therefore specified in the amending Ordinance.
24. Plans. The number of plans dealt with shows a considerable increase as compared with 1910, the greatest difference being in the number deposited for alterations and additions to existing buildings. There is however a very considerable increase in the number of plans submitted for European houses. The following is a tabulated statement showing the number of buildings, etc., for which plans
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18. Squatters.-The Squatters' Board has now completed the work for which it was formed and all questions under this heading have been settled. The issue of leases still remains to be done in many cases.
18. Military Lands.-During the year, Mount Davis Battery was surveyed and agreements were prepared and completed in con- nection with the transfer of this area and the Kowloon City Rifle range.
20. Naval Lands.-There is nothing to record under this heading.
21. Piers.-There was only one case in which the
right of erecting a pier under long lease was granted, namely, the pier in front of Marine Lot 95, West Point, which was originally construct- ed under Johnson's Piers and Wharves Ordinance, 1884. An extension was granted in connection with one pier at Kowloon. Licences for the following temporary piers for various periods were issued:-7 in Hongkong, 11 in Kowloon and 11 in the New Terri- tories. Licences were also issued or renewed for 11 slipways in Hongkong, 3 in Kowloon and 4 in the New Territories, the fees for which amounted to $2,920. The premia derived in respect of per- manent pier rights amounted to $164.27 and temporary piers to $4,577.50.
22. Cemeteries.-All work performed in connection with the cemeteries was carried out in the Buildings Ordinance Office,
Work under the Buildings Ordinance.
23. Amending Ordinance 1911.—A short amending Ordinance (No. 60 of 1911) was passed on the 28th December and was assented to by H.E. the Governor on the 29th December. The only amend- ment affecting the options of this Department was one relating to the provision of windows in Chinese tenement houses erected on sites not previously so occupied in such a manner as to admit of the sub-division of such houses into small rooms and thus prevent the formation of cubicles (s.s. 2 of s. 153). The terms of the section, which referred to rooms of a suitable area", were found to be too vague to render its provisions effective and the maximum area and minimum dimension of the rooms to be provided for were therefore specified in the amending Ordinance.
24. Plans. The number of plans dealt with shows a considerable increase as compared with 1910, the greatest difference being in the number deposited for alterations and additions to existing buildings. There is however a very considerable increase in the number of plans submitted for European houses. The following is a tabulated statement showing the number of buildings, etc., for which plans
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