Q 93
P.W.E. New Territories.
First Floor.--Quarters for a sergeant (3 rooms ranging from 18′0′′ × 15′ 0′′ to 15′ 0′′ × 12′ 9′′; two bathrooms and a small store), and for 1 European constable (two rooms, 18′ 0′′ × 12′ 0′′ and 12′ 0′′ × 10′ 3′′ respectively and a bathroom).
Verandahs, 7′ 0′′ wide, are provided along the north front on both floors, whilst a balcony, 4′ wide, is provided along the back on the upper floor for giving access to the bathrooms and Servants' Quarters.
The Servants' Quarters, which are also two-storied, contain 3 kitchens, each 10′ 0′′ × 10′ 0′′, 3 servants' rooms, each 10′ 0′′ × 10′ 0′′, and bathrooms and latrines for the Indian and Chinese constables. There is also a lamp-room and coal store in a small adjoining building. A covered-way, 7′ 0′′ wide, is provided along the east side of the Servants' Quarters.
All openings on the ground floor are barred with wrought iron grilles, the front and back entrances being provided with wrought iron gates. The balcony extending along the back of the building on the upper floor is also enclosed with a wrought iron grille, gates being provided where necessary, and the top of the staircase in the main building is similarly protected.
A compound, 54′ 0′′ × 48′ 0′′, is enclosed on the north by the main building, on the west by the servants' quarters and on the remaining two sides by a brick boundary wall, 6′ high, finished on top with a coping of cement and broken glass. A barbed wire fence has been erected all round the small plateau on which the Station has been built.
The walls are of Canton red brick built in lime mortar, with the exception of the eastern wall on the top floor which is built in cement mortar, pointed throughout externally in cement mortar. The roofs are of double pan and roll tiling laid on hardwood rafters, supported by steel or timber purlins and timber roof trusses. Floors of rooms on the ground floor are of lime and cement concrete, covered with salt-glazed tiles of local manufacture; those of rooms on the upper floor are of ferro-concrete, covered, in the case of the main building, with hardwood boarding. The verandah floors are laid with cement tiles. The balcony and covered-way are constructed of ferro-concrete. The staircase in the main building is of hardwood and a ferro-concrete flight of steps gives access to the balcony and upper floor of the coolie quarters.
An addition to the contract was made, providing for the erection of a boat-house adjoining the Sham Chun River to the north-west of the Station. The shed, which is of timber supported on rolled steel joists, is 42′ long by 12′ wide and is so arranged that a depth of 3 feet of water is available inside it at lowest tides. At the end of the year, the excavation of the site had been completed, except where landslips had occurred.
1915 Estimates, $19,000.00 | Total Estimates, $23,000.00
1915 Expenditure, $18,472.56
Expenditure to 31/12/15, $23,251.46
Q 93
P.W.E. New Territories.
First Floor.--Quarters for a sergeant (3 rooms ranging form
18′0′′ × 15′ 0′′ to 15′ 0′′ x 12' 9"; two bathrooms and a small store), and for 1 European constable (two rooms, 18′ ()" × 12′ 0′′ and 12′ 0′′ × 10′ 3′′ respectively and a bathroom).
Verandahs, 7' 0" wide, are provided along the north front on both floors, whilst a balcony, 4' wide, is provided along the back on the upper floor for giving access to the bathrooms and Servants'
Quarters.
The Servants' Quarters, which are also two-storied, contain 3 kitchens, each 10′ 0′′ × 10′ 0′′, 3 servants' rooms, each 10′ 0′′ × 10′ 0′′, and bathrooms and latrines for the Indian aud Chinese constables. There is also a lamp-room and coal store in a small adjoining building. A covered-way, '0" wide, is provided along the east side of the Servants' Quarters.
All openings on the ground floor are barred with wrought iron grilles, the front and back entrances being provided with wrought iron gates. The balcony extending along the back of the building on the upper floor is also enclosed with a wrought iron grille, gates being provided where necessary, and the top of the staircase in the main building is similarly protected.
A compound, 54' 0" x 48' 0", is enclosed on the north by the main building, on the west by the servants' quarters and on the remaining two sides by a brick boundary wall, 6' high, finished on top with a coping of cement and broken glass. A barbed wire fence has been erected all round the small plateau on which the Station has been built.
The
The walls are of Canton red brick built in lime mortar, with the exception of the eastern wall on the top floor which is built in cement mortar, pointed throughout externally in cement mortar. The roofs are of double pan and roll tiling laid on hardwood rafters, supported by steel or timber purlins and timber roof trusses. floors of rooms on the ground floor are of lime and cement concrete, covered with salt-glazed tiles of local manufacture; those of rooms on the upper floor are of ferro-concrete, covered, in the case of the main building, with hardwood boarding. The verandah floors are laid with cement tiles. The balcony and covered-way are constructed of ferro-concrete. The staircase in the main building is of hardwood and a ferro concrete flight of steps gives access to the balcony and upper floor of the coolie quarters.
An addition to the contract was made, providing for the erec- tion of a boat-house adjoining the Sham Chun River to the north- west of the Station. The shed, which is of timber supported on rolled steel joists, is 42' long by 12' wide and is so arranged that a depth of 3 feet of water is available inside it at lowest tides. At the end of the year, the excavation of the site had been completed, except where landslips had occurred.
1915 Estimates, $19,000.00 | Total Estimates,
1915 Expenditure, 18,472.56
Expenditure to
31/12/15,
...
$23,000.00
23,251.46
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