27. 1,064 Sunday Cargo Working Permits were issued during the year as compared with 1,266 during 1931.
28. Lighthouses and Signal Stations functioned satisfactorily throughout the year. Details of vessels reported and messages sent etc., are shown on Table XXXII.
The fortnightly reliefs to the lighthouses were delayed on eight occasions, five times at Gap Rock and three at Waglan.
29. The Aga Lights (including Green Island) numbering seventeen continued to work accurately and continuously throughout the year.
30. The Beckwith Bell Fog Signal at Lam Tong Island has worked satisfactorily throughout the year.
31. Government moorings were used during 1932 as follows:-
A Class 3,897 days
B Class 7,299 days
C Class 1,290 days
In addition they were used by Naval vessels and transports for seventeen days. Work on the reconversion of the harbour moorings was completed on the 30th June, 1932, when four new B Class moorings were laid down.
On the 31st December, the following moorings were in position. A Class nineteen, B Class twenty-nine and C Class eight, a total of fifty-six including fourteen special Typhoon A Class moorings. Permission was granted for the maintenance of forty-seven private buoys and moorings and the fees received amounted to $2,740.00.
32. The Revenue and Expenditure of the department are shown in Tables XXXIII and XXXIV. The main increase is under Government Gunpowder Depot Storage, which is due to larger consignments of explosives and arms being stored for long periods. Details of the quantities of explosives, etc., received into and delivered from the Depot are shown in Table XXXI.
33. A decrease is shown under Sunday Cargo Working due to fewer permits being issued to vessels.
34. A further decrease is shown under Emigration fees consequent on the continued falling off of Emigration to the Straits Settlements.
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27. 1,064 Sunday Cargo Working Permits were issued during the year as compared with 1,266 during 1931.
28. Lighthouses and Signal Stations functioned satisfactorily throughout the year. Details of vessels reported and messages sent etc., are shown on Table XXXII.
The fortnightly reliefs to the lighthouses were delayed on eight occasions, five times at Gap Rock and three at Waglan.
29. The Aga Lights (including Green Island) numbering seventeen continued to work accurately and continuously through- out the year.
30. The Beckwith Bell Fog Signal at Lam Tong Island has worked satisfactorily throughout the year.
31. Government moorings were used during 1932 as follows:-
A Class 3,897 days
B Class 7,299 days
C Class 1,290 days
In addition they were used by Naval vessels and transports for seventeen days. Work on the reconversion of the harbour moorings was completed on the 30th June, 1932, when four new B Class mornings were laid down.
On the 31st December, the following moorings were in position. A Class nineteen, B Class twenty nine and C Class eight, a total of fifty six including fourteen special Typhoon A Class moorings. Permission was granted for the maintenance of forty- seven private buoys and moorings and the fees received amounted to $2,740.00.
32. The Revenue and Expenditure of the department are shown in Tables XXXIII and XXXIV. The main increase is under Government Gunpowder Depot Storage, which is due to larger consignments of explosives and arms being stored for long periods. Details of the quantities of explosives, etc., received into and delivered from the Depot are shown in Table XXXI.
33. A decrease is shown under Sunday Cargo,Working due to fewer permits being issued to vessels.
34. A further decrease is shown under Emigration fees con- sequent on the continued falling off of Emigration to the Straits Settlements.
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