Q 117
4. Cost of Office. As the Survey Office forms part of the Public Works Department and is accommodated in the same building, the charges for numerous items such as lighting, heating, electric fans, etc., cannot be stated. Omitting these, the following is a statement of the cost:-
Salaries, $ 51,325.44 Conveyance Allowances, 3,852.16 Wages for Coolies, 6,672.54 Land Survey Contingencies, 4.30 Transport & Travelling Expenses, 580.02 Survey of Colony, 1,677.69 Incidental Expenses, 72.35 Surveying Instruments, 568.48 Furniture, 12.00 Total.... $ 64,704.985. Trigonometrical Survey-No trigonometrical work was carried out during the year.
6. Topographical and Cadastral Surveys.-About 47 miles of main and minor traverses have been run during the year and permanently marked on the ground.
The Ordnance Survey of the Colony was greatly curtailed during the year owing to the fact that 5* members of the European staff have been allowed to join His Majesty's forces on active service: 21 acres were surveyed in the Central District and 9 acres in the Eastern District and were completed and plotted to a scale of 50′1′′.
An area of about 12 acres was surveyed in Kowloon City and plotted to a scale of 50 to an inch which completed the survey. This survey has been reduced to a scale of 200′ to an inch and included in the new 200′ to an inch map of Kowloon.
A few small surveys were prepared in the Peak District chiefly in connection with setting out new lots, extensions, etc.
Surveys have now been completed of portions of New Kowloon and Shamshuipo and plotted to a scale of 50′1′′. These surveys have been reduced to a scale of 200′1′′ and also included in the new 200' map of Kowloon.
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Surveys were also made of 12 lots in Hongkong and Kowloon, covering an area of 205,995 square feet which were put up to public auction and realized $118,120.00 in premium and $1,736.00 in Crown rents. A large number of surveys were undertaken for the purpose of defining the boundaries of lots and the preparation of lease plans.
Survey work was carried out in connection with the setting out of the new coastal road between Lai Chi Kok and its junction with * In addition to Messrs. Reed, West and Anderson, two surveyors, who were on the temporary establishment, have been permitted to join His Majesty's Forces.
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Q 117
4. Cost of Office. As the Survey Office forms part of the Public Works Department and is accommodated in the same building, the charges for numerous items such as lighting, heating, electric fans, etc., cannot be stated. Omitting these, the following is a statement of the cost:-
Salaries,
Conveyance Allowances,
Wages for Coolies,
Land Survey Contingencies,
Transport & Travelling Expenses,...
$ 51,325.44
3,852.16
6,672.54
4.30
580.02
Survey of Colony,
1,677.69
Incidental Expenses,.
72.35
Surveying Instruments,
568.48
Furniture,
12.00
Total....
$ 64,704.98
5. Trigonometrical Survey-No trigonometrical work was carried out during the year.
6. Topographical and Cadastral Surveys.-About 47 miles of main and minor traverses have been run during the year and permanently marked on the ground.
The Ordnance Survey of the Colony was greatly curtailed during the year owing to the fact that 5* members of the European staff have been allowed to join His Majesty's forces on active service: 21 acres were surveyed in the Central District and 9 acres in the Eastern District and were completed and plotted to a scale of 50′1′′.
An area of about 12 acres was surveyed in Kowloon City and plotted to a scale of 50 to an inch which completed the survey. This survey has been reduced to a scale of 200′ to an inch and included in the new 200′ to an inch map of Kowloon.
A few small surveys were prepared in the Peak District chiefly in connection with setting out new lots, extensions, etc.
Surveys have now been completed of portions of New Kowloon and Shamshuipo and plotted to a scale of 50′1′′. These surveys have been reduced to a scale of 200′1′′ and also included in the new 200' map of Kowloon.
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Surveys were also made of 12 lots in Hongkong and Kowloon, covering an area of 205,995 square feet which were put up to public anction and realized $118,120.00 in premium and $1,736.00 in Crown rents. A large number of surveys were under- taken for the purpose of defining the boundaries of lots and the preparation of lease plans.
Survey work was carried out in connection with the setting out of the new coastal road between Lai Chi Kok and its junction with * In addition to Messrs. Reed, West and Anderson, two surveyors, who were on the temporary establishment, have been permitted to join His Majesty's Forces.
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Plan (1).
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