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Land Sales, &c.
Licences were also issued or renewed for 18 slipways in Hongkong, 3 in Kowloon, and 2 in the New Territories, the total fees for which amounted to $6,478.00.
19. Cemeteries.-There is nothing to report under this heading.
20. Surveys.-Applications for purchase of land continued to be very numerous and necessitated many surveys for sale plans and for defining lot boundaries. Many lease plans were also prepared.
The following were some of the more important and extensive surveys which were made:-
An area of foreshore at North Point ... 7 acres. Repulse Bay Hotel premises ... J War Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home sites ... 11 5 lots at Taitam ... 95 ... 111 ... 99 ...15 An area at Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen > 10 An area at Stanley ... 35 Blacks Links ... ++ Portions of Stubbs Road ... 40 An area extending from Quarry Bay to Shaukiwan ... T A cultivated area at Cheung Chau ... 33 An area at Castle Peak ... > An area at Castle Peak Bay... ... 35 ... 20 ... 23 ... ... ... 233 " 41 A large area at West Bay was contoured. ... 5Extensive laying-out schemes in connection with town-planning at Mongkok, Kowloon City, Ho Mun Tin and Hok Un were prepared; monuments, &c., were fixed to define centre lines of proposed roads, and the exchanges of land required for new roads were arranged.
Main traverses were run between the trigonometrical stations at Victoria Orphanage, East Battery, Gascoigne Road and Taikoktsui.
Valuations, &c., were made and plans prepared of numerous lots and buildings at Shamshuipo, Cheung Sha Wan, &c., for purposes of resumption or exchange.
21. Ordnance Survey.-Some 70 acres were surveyed of which 50 were plotted, and several miles of traverses were run.
The arrangements referred to in last year's Report in regard to the training of Chinese youths as surveyors to take part in the Ordnance Survey were completed, and the assistance given by these officers rendered it possible for the work of the survey to be proceeded with very expeditiously.
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Land Sales, &c.
Licences were also issued or renewed for 18 slipways in Hongkong, 3 in Kowloon, and 2 in the New Territories, the total fees for which amounted to $6,478.00.
19. Cemeteries.-There is nothing to report under this heading.
20. Surveys.-Applications for purchase of land continued to be very numerous and necessitated many surveys for sale plans and for defining lot boundaries. Many lease plans were also prepared.
The following were some of the more important and extensive surveys which were made:-
An area of foreshore at North Point Repulse Bay Hotel premises...
War Memorial Hospital and Nursing
Home sites
5 lots at Taitam
Approximate area.
7 acres.
J
11
95
111
99
15
>>
10
35
...
++
40
>
...
An area at Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen An area at Stanley
Blacks Links
Portions of Stubbs Road
...
T
An area extending from Quarry Bay to
Shaukiwan
A cultivated area at Cheung Chau An area at Castle Peak ...
...
An area at Castle Peak Bay...
33
>>
35
20
23
...
233
"
41
5
A large area at West Bay was contoured. Extensive laying- out schemes in connection with town-planning at Mongkok, Kowloon City, Ho Mun Tin and Hok Un were prepared; monu- ments, &c., were fixed to define centre lines of proposed roads, and the exchanges of land required for new roads were arranged.
Main traverses were run between the trigonometrical stations at Victoria Orphanage, East Battery, Gascoigne Road and Taikoktsui.
Valuations, &c., were made and plans prepared of numerous lots and buildings at Shamshuipo, Cheung Sha Wan, &c., for purposes of resumption or exchange.
21. Ordnance Survey.-Some 70 acres were surveyed of which 50 were plotted, and several miles of traverses were run.
The arrangements referred to in last year's Report in regard to the training of Chinese youths as surveyors to take part in the Ordnance Survey were completed, and the assistance given by these officers rendered it possible for the work of the survey to be proceeded with very expeditiously.
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