Q 55
P.W.R. Hongkong.
59. Dredging foreshores.-The No. 1 Grab Dredger was employed at the following places, and removed the quantities of material stated hereunder during the year :-
Drain outfalls,
Laichikok Boat Station,
Causeway Bay,
Cubic yards.
.............16,177
9,890
3,117
29,184
The above material was deposited on the sites of the Praya East and Laichikok Reclamations.
The Dredger was put on the slip and thoroughly overhauled and defective parts of the hull and machinery made good at a cost $1,857.00.
60. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages. The buildings erected by the Architectural Department during the past 10 or 15 years suffered little or no damage in the typhoon of August last, and the subsequent rains in October, but practically the whole of the older buildings, and some of the new buildings erected for the Government by private firms of Architects, were damaged, several of them to a considerable extent, including the following:
Mountain Lodge :-Roofs damaged, particularly those to servants' quarters; plate glass windows and frames to verandahs blown in: "Covered Way" from house to servants' quarters, fence to path leading to tennis court, and about 60 feet of Balustrading to south side of house collapsed.
The Chief Justice's House :--Chimney stacks blown down, and roofs and ceilings badly damaged in consequence; windows and window frames damaged.
Gough Hill Police Station :-Roofs blown off; ceilings collapsed; windows and doors damaged.
"Lysholt":-Roofs damaged; windows to verandahs blown.
"Villa Miramere" :--Two-thirds of roof blown off, and ceiling damaged in consequence; also damage to windows and doors.
Leighton Hill Quarters :-Damage to roofs and windows and window frames.
Other premises damaged in a similar manner to those enumerated above were Peak Hospital, Government Bungalows
Q 55
P.W.R. Hongkong.
59. Dredging foreshores.-The No. 1 Grab Dredger was employed at the following places, and removed the quantities of material stated hereunder during the year :-
Drain outfalls,
Laichikok Boat Station,
Causeway Bay,
Cubic yards.
.............16,177
9,890
3,117
29,184
The above material was deposited on the sites of the Praya East and Laichikok Reclamations,
The Dredger was put on the slip and thoroughly overhauled and defective parts of the hull and machinery inade good at a cost $1,857.00.
60. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages. The buildings erected by the Architectural Department during the past 10 or 15 years suffered little or no damage in the typhoon of August last, and the subsequent rains in October, but practically the whole of the older buildings, and some of the new buildings erected for the Government by private firms of Architects, were damaged, several of them to a considerable extent, including the following:
Mountain Lodge :-Roofs damaged, particularly those to servants' quarters; plate glass windows and frames to verandahs blown in: "Covered Way" from house to servants' quarters, fence to path leading to tennis court, and about 60 feet of Balustrading to south side of house collapsed.
The Chief Justice's House :--Chimney stacks blown down, and roofs and ceilings badly damaged in consequence; windows and window frames damaged.
Gough Hill Police Station :-Roofs blown off; ceilings collapsed; windows and doors damaged.
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"Lysholt":-Roofs damaged; windows to veraudahs blown.
"Villa Miramere" :--Two-thirds of roof blown off, and ceiling damaged in consequence; also damage to windows and doors.
Leighton Hill Quarters :-Damage to roofs and windows and window frames.
Other premises damaged in a similar manner to those enumerated above were Peak Hospital, Government Bungalows
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