Q 25
Land Sales, &c.
20. Cemeteries.-There is nothing to report under this heading.
21. Surveys.-Applications for purchase of land continued to be very numerous and necessitated many surveys for sale plans and for defining lot boundaries.
Numerous surveys for lease plans were also made.
The following were some of the more important and extensive surveys which were made:-
An area at Laichikok
Approximate Area.
30 acres.
An area at Castle Peak
...
110
An area at Waterloo Road
26
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...
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7
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10
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10
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An area near I. L. 2312, Stubbs Road
An area near the Chinese Christian
Cemetery, Pokfulam Road
Portion of Stubbs Road between Magazine
Gap & Peak Church
Centre Line of proposed road on 200
foot contour at North Point
Setting out work in connection with Town Planning at Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon Bay Reclamation, and Kowloon City was carried out, and monuments were fixed to define centre lines of proposed roads, and centre lines for a number of Streets in Kowloon were defined.
A trigonometrical station was fixed and valued at Laichikok and main traverses were run between Jordan Road, Tai Kok Tsui and Laichikok Trigonometrical Stations.
Valuations, etc., were made and plans prepared of numerous lots of buildings at Shamshuipo and Cheungshawan for purposes of resumptions or exchanges.
22. Ordnance Survey.-About 280 acres were surveyed, of which 215 were plotted, and several miles of traverses were run.
As in previous years, the Ordnance work has been carried out by the Chinese under the supervision of a European Surveyor.
With a year's additional practice the senior men have improved in their work, while several of the younger students have also been placed on actual work, and this has resulted in a satisfactory increase in the acreage for the year.
Works under the Buildings Ordinance.
23. The outstanding feature of the year's work under the Buildings Ordinance is the large number of Chinese houses which have been, or are about to be reconstructed. It would appear pro-
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Q 25
Land Sales, &c.
20. Cemeteries.-There is nothing to report under this heading.
21. Surveys.-Applications for purchase of land continued to be very numerous and necessitated many surveys for sale plans and for defining lot boundaries.
Numerous surveys for lease plans were also made.
The following were some of the more important and extensive surveys which were made:-
An area at Laichikok
An area at Castle Peak
An area at Waterloo Road
Approximate Area.
30 acres.
...
110
26
**
...
·
7
>
10
"}
10
""
An area near I. L. 2312, Stubbs Road An area near the Chinese Christian
Cemetery, Pokfulam Road
Portion of Stubbs Road between Magazine
Gap & Peak Church
Centre Line of proposed road on 200
foot contour at North Point
Setting out work in connection with Town Planning at Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon Bay Reclamation, and Kowloon City was carried out, and monuments were fixed to define centre lines of proposed roads, and centre lines for a number of Streets in Kowloon were defined.
A trigonometrical station was fixed and valued at Laichikok and main traverses were run between Jordan Road, Tai Kok Tsui and Laichikok Trigonometrical Stations.
Valuations, etc., were made and plans prepared of numerous lots of buildings at Shamshuipo and Cheungshawan for purposes of resumptions or exchanges.
22. Ordnance Survey.-About 280 acres were surveyed, of which 215 were plotted, and several miles of traverses were run.
As in previous years, the Ordnance work has been carried out by the Chinese under the supervision of a European Surveyor.
With a year's additional practice the senior men have improv- ed in their work, while several of the younger students have also been placed on actual work, and this has resulted in a satisfactory increase in the acreage for the year.
Works under the Buildings Ordinance.
23. The outstanding feature of the year's work under the Buildings Ordinance is the large number of Chinese houses which have been, or are about to be reconstructed. It would appear pro-
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