Q 93
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 items, the following is a statement of the cost:
Salaries, $ 82,767.12 Conveyance Allowances, 4,931.45 Wages for Coolies, 8,894.02 Land Survey Contingencies, 7.50 Transport & Travelling Expenses, 332.63 Survey of Colony, 1,941.65 Incidental Expenses, 517.55 Plans,.. 21.40 Drawing Materials and Mounting ... Rent Allowances, 3,433.84 Total,... $102,847.165. Trigonometrical Survey.-No trigonometrical work was carried out during the year.
6. Topographical and Cadastral Survey-Further progress was made with the Ordnance Survey, about 140 acres being surveyed and plotted on 50'-1" scale. This was chiefly composed of very close detail work in the City of Victoria and entailed the running of several miles of minor traverses. Two European Officers were absent on long leave for the greater part of the year and another was absent on three months' leave; two other also left on long leave on 11th February of this year. One European Surveyor was transferred to the Engineering Staff in January. Owing to the increased number of applications for land and the numerous surveys required for lease plans and defining the boundaries of lots, the staff was chiefly occupied during the year on application work.
Further work in connection with the Shamshuipo Reclamation Scheme has been carried out and numerous small surveys, etc., have been made in connection with the new Reclamation at Cheung Sha Wan.
One Surveyor was stationed at Taipo during the greater part of the year chiefly employed on the demarcation of lots and surveys required for sale purposes by the District Officer in the New Territories.
Surveys were made for sale purposes of 39 lots in Hongkong, Kowloon and New Kowloon covering an area of 2,270,746 square feet, which were put up to public auction and realized $390,567.50 in premium and $16,620.00 in Crown Rent.
7. Maps Published. The maps of the Kowloon Ordnance Survey 200'-1" which had been sent to England for reproduction were returned and were ready for publication at the end of the year.
Q 93
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 items, the following is a state- ment of the cost:
Salaries,
Conveyance Allowances,
Wages for Coolies,
Land Survey Contingencies,
Transport & Travelling Expenses,
Survey of Colony,
Incidental Expenses,
Plans,..
Drawing Materials and Mounting
...
Rent Allowances,
Total,...
$ 82,767.12
4,931.45
8,894.02
7.50
332.63
1,941.65
517.55
21.40
3,433.84
$102,847.16
5. Trigonometrical Survey.-No trigonometrical work was carried out during the year.
6. Topographical and Cadastral Survey-Further progress was made with the Ordnance Survey, about 140 acres being surveyed and plotted on 50'-1' scale. This was chiefly composed of very close detail work in the City of Victoria and entailed the running of several miles of minor traverses. Two European Officers were absent on long leave for the greater part of the year and another was absent on three months' leave; two other also left on long leave on 11th February of this year. One European Surveyor was trans- ferred to the Engineering Staff in January. Owing to the increased number of applications for land and the numerous surveys required for lease plans and defining the boundaries of lots, the staff was chiefly occupied during the year on application work.
Further work in connection with the Shamshuipo Reclamation Scheme has been carried out and numerous small surveys, etc., have been made in connection with the new Reclamation at Cheung Sha Wan.
One Surveyor was stationed at Taipo during the greater part of the year chiefly employed on the demarcation of lots and surveys required for sale purposes by the District Officer in the New Territories.
Surveys were inade for sale purposes of 39 lots in Hongkong, Kowloon and New Kowloon covering an area of 2,270,746 square feet, which were put up to public auction and realized $390,567.50 in premium and $16,620.00 in Crown Rent.
7. Maps Published. The maps of the Kowloon Ordnance Survey 200'-1" which had been sent to England for reproduction were returned and were ready for publication at the end of the year.
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