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University is carried out in English. Students are required to pass an examination in written Chinese before entering, and two Chinese Professors, both Hanlin graduates, give lectures on the classics and history of China.
An account of the first congregation for conferring degrees, and of the benefactions during the year 1916 will be found under Section XI-- General Observations.
V.--PUBLIC WORKS.
The erection of a terrace of six two-storied houses on the east side of Happy Valley for quarters for subordinate officers was completed during the year. Each of the two end houses contains five rooms, whilst the four intermediate houses contain four rooms each. All the houses are provided with separate bathrooms, kitchens, and servants' accommodation. Each house is intended as quarters for one married or two single subordinate officers.
A large extension of the Central Police Station by the erection of a new block of buildings fronting on Hollywood Road, to contain offices, quarters, etc., was commenced, the foundations being well advanced at the close of the year.
In the New Territories, a boat-house was erected on the bank of the Sham Chun River near Lok Ma Chau Police Station and a matshed was constructed at Castle Peak to serve as a temporary Police Station.
The masonry dam of the Tytam Tuk Reservoir was constructed to an average height of about 111 feet above the stream-bed (152 feet above the lowest part of the foundations), with the exception of a short length of 75 feet which was purposely kept at a lower level to form a temporary overflow.
The extension of the pumping station buildings to accommodate the additional pumping plant was completed and the erection of the pumping engines was practically completed.
Several new streets, both in the City and in Kowloon, were formed, kerbed, channelled, and surfaced.
In the New Territories, the reinforced concrete bridge over the Au Tau Creek on the Castle Peak-Fanling Road was completed as was also the widening to 20 feet of the section of roadway extending from near Sheung Shui Train Halt to some distance beyond San Tin Village. A branch road, 20 feet in width, was constructed from Shanghai Street (Kowloon) to Sham Shui Po and an approach path to New Kowloon Farm Lots 7 and 8, 8 feet in width, was also completed.
An additional telephone cable was laid across the harbour from North Point to near the Hunghom Docks.
Upwards of 7,000 lineal feet of streams were trained in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, Pokfulam, Sookunpo Valley, in the
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University is carried out in English. Students are required to pass an examination in written Chinese before entering, and two Chinese Professors, both Hanlin graduates, give lectures on the classics and history of China.
An account of the first congregation for conferring degrees, and of the benefactions during the year 1916 will be found under Section XI-- General Observations.
V.--PUBLIC WORKS.
The erection of a terrace of six two-storied houses on the east side of Happy Valley for quarters for subordinate officers was com- pleted during the year. Each of the two end houses contains five rooms, whilst the four intermediate houses contain four rooms each. All the houses are provided with separate bathrooms, kitchens, and servants' accommodation. Each house is intended as quarters for one married or two single subordinate officers.
A large extension of the Central Police Station by the erection of a new block of buildings frouting on Hollywood Road, to contain offices, quarters, etc., was commenced, the foundations being well advanced at the close of the year.
In the New Territories, a boat-house was erected on the bank of the Sham Chun River near Lok Ma Chau Police Station and a matshed was constructed at Castle Peak to serve as a temporary Police Station.
The masonry dam of the Tytam Tuk Reservoir was constructed to an average height of about III feet above the stream-bed (152 feet above the lowest part of the foundations), with the exception of a short length of 75 feet which was purposely kept at a lower level to form a temporary overflow.
The extension of the pumping station buildings to accom- modate the additional pumping plant was completed and the erection of the pumping engines was practically completed.
Several new streets, both in the City and in Kowloon, were form- ed, kerbed, channelled, and surfaced.
In the New Territories, the reinforced concrete bridge over the Au Tau Creek on the Castle Peak-Fanling Road was completed as was also the widening to 20 feet of the section of roadway extending from near Sheung Shui Train Halt to some distance beyond San Tin Village. A branch road, 20 feet in width, was constructed from Shanghai Street (Kowloon) to Sham Shui Po andlan approach path to New Kowloon Farm Lots 7 and 8, 8 feet in width, was also completed.
An additional telephone cable was laid across the harbour from North Point to near the Hunghom Docks.
Upwards of 7,000 lineal feet of streams were trained in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, Pokfulam, Sookunpo Valley, in the
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