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10. Port Development Office.-One Executive; three Engineers; one Harbour Surveyor; and five Overseers.
This office undertakes the construction of quay walls and piers (including maintenance), dredging and hydrographic survey, and the Vehicles & Ferry Piers scheme.
11. Crown Lands and Surveys Office.-One Superintendent of Crown Lands, one Superintendent of Surveys, ten Senior officers and Land Surveyors; one Chief Draughtsman; one Senior Clerk; and five Land Bailiffs.
This office deals with Crown Land sales, agreements and issue of conditions for leases of all properties. Development schemes, conversions and exchanges. Pier rents and permits for land and quarries. Preparation of plans for issue of title deeds. Ordinance and trigonometrical surveys for City of Victoria, Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories. Demarcation of boundaries of roads and property and preparation of lease plans.
12. Valuations & Resumptions Office.-One Engineer.
Exchanges negotiated under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance. Government valuation of lands and buildings for purchase, sale and resumption for Estate Duty Commissioner, Registrar of Companies, Official Trustee and Colonial Treasurer.
13. Accounts and Stores Office.-One Superintendent of Accounts and Stores; one Inspector of Stores; three Assistant Storekeepers; one Inspector of Furniture; and one Clerk.
This office is in charge of the P.W.D. accounts and the stores and stationery required by this and other Government departments either purchased locally or through Crown Agents. The provision and repair of all furniture required for Government offices, schools, and quarters is also carried out by this sub-department.
14. The non-European staff of the Public Works Department comprising Surveyors, Draughtsmen, Clerks, Foremen, Firemen, Messengers, Office Attendants, Coolies etc. numbers approximately five hundred men.
15. The Expenditure on Public Works has grown very considerably during the last three decades. The average annual expenditure during the years 1902 to 1911 was $1,860,500, from 1912 to 1921 it was $2,911,050, whilst from 1922 to 1931 the average annual expenditure has been $8,231,170.
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10. Port Development Office.-One Executive; three En-
gineers; one Harbour Surveyor; and five Overseers.
This office undertakes the construction of quay walls and piers (including maintenance), dredging and hydrographic survey, and the Vehicles & Ferry Piers scheme.
11. Crown Lands and Surveys Office.-One Superintendent of Crown Lands, one Superintendent of Surveys, ten Senior officers and Land Surveyors; one Chief Draughtsman; one Senior Clerk; and five Land Bailiffs.
This office deals with Crown Land sales, agree- ments and issue of conditions for leases of all pro- perties. Development schemes, conversions and exchanges. Pier rents and permits for land and quarries. Preparation of plans for issue of title deeds. Ordinance and trigonometrical surveys for City of Victoria, Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories. Demarcation of boundaries of roads and property and preparation of lease plans.
12. Valuations & Resumptions Office.-One Engineer.
Exchanges negotiated under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance. Government valuation of lands and buildings for purchase, sale and resumption for Estate Duty Commissioner, Registrar of Com- panies, Official Trustee and Colonial Treasurer.
13. Accounts and Stores Office.-One Superintendent of Accounts and Stores; one Inspector of Stores; three Assistant Storekeepers; one Inspector of Furniture; and one Clerk.
This office is in charge of the P.W.D. accounts and the stores and stationery required by this and other Government departments either purchased locally or through Crown Agents. The provision and repair of all furniture required for Government offices, schools, and quarters is also carried out by this sub-department.
14. The non-European staff of the Public Works Department comprising Surveyors, Draughtsmen, Clerks, Foremen, Firemen, Messeengers, Office Attendants, Coolies etc. numbers approx- imately five hundred men.
15. The Expenditure on Public Works has grown very considerably during the last three decades. The average annual expenditure during the years 1902 to 1911 was $1,860,500, from 1912 to 1921 it was $2,911,050, whilst from 1922 to 1931 the average annual expenditure has been $8,231,170.
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