Harbour Developments.
Q 170
A contract for the repair work together with the deposition of pell-mell rubble around the piles was let on 29th November, the work was progressing satisfactorily at the end of the year.
1926 Sup. Vote, $10,000.00
1926 Expenditure, $2,242.30 Expenditure to 31.12.26, $2,242.30
Vehicular Ferry Piers.-Under "Ferry Piers", the construction of Vehicular Ferry Piers was referred to on page 182 of last year's Report.
During the year Mr. Andrew Nicol, Engineer in the Port Works Office, in the course of proceeding on home leave, visited, inspected and reported on various vehicular ferry services at ports in the United States and in England.
A sessional paper on the proposed vehicular ferry services together with illustrative plans was being compiled at the end of the year.
No expenditure was incurred during the year on works under this scheme.
SPECIAL EXPENDITURE.
Harbour Surveying.-Hydrographic surveys were made off Kowloon Point and in front of the Quay Walls at M.L's 430 and 431, North Point, and also surveys of the sites of various reclamations under construction.
1926 Estimates, $3,000.00 1926 Expenditure, $1,723.00
Harbour Developments.
Q 170
A contract for the repair work together with the deposition of pell-mell rubble around the piles was let on 29th November, the work was progressing satisfactorily at the end of the year.
1926 Sup. Vote, $10,000.00
1926 Expenditure, . $ 2,242.30 Expenditure to
31.12.26,
$2,242.30
Vehicular Ferry Piers.-Under "Ferry Piers", the construc- tion of Vehicular Ferry Piers was referred to on page 182 of last year's Report.
During the year Mr. Andrew Nicol, Engineer in the Port Works Office, in the course of proceeding on home leave, visited, inspected and reported on various vehicular ferry services at ports in the United States and in England.
A sessional paper on the proposed vehicular ferry services together with illustrative plans was being compiled at the end of the year.
No expenditure was incurred during the year on works under this scheme.
SPECIAL EXPENDITURE.
Harbour Surveying.-Hydrographic surveys were made off Kowloon Point and in front of the Quay Walls at M.L's 430 and 431, North Point, and also surveys of the sites of various re- clamations under construction.
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1926 Estimates, 1926 Expenditure,
$3,000.00 $1,723.00
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