new Central British School on Argyle Street; extension to St. Mary's School on Austin Road; Maryknoll Convent School on Waterloo Road and Boundary Street; substation for the China Light & Power Co., Ltd., on Chatham Road; engineering workshop for the China Light & Power Co., Ltd. on Dyer Avenue; site formation for large residential and day school at Hau Pui Loong; motor bus shelters at Tsim Sha Tsui; private hospital on Kiu Kiang Street; widening and lengthening of pier at the Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd.; Chinese hotel on Nathan Road; and Dispensary on Yee Kuk Street.
27. Buildings of importance completed were:- New Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank on Queen's Road and Des Voeux Road, Central; Cheero Club on Queen's Road, Central; new factory of the British American Tobacco Co., Ltd. on Gloucester Road; extension to the Soldiers and Sailors Home on Hennessy Road; site development and Gasometer for the Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd. at Smithfield; office block and flats at Nos. 3 and 5 Duddell Street; office block at Nos. 15 to 19 Queen's Road, Central; extension to Sincere Co. Building on Des Voeux Road, Central; Bank of East Asia Building on Des Voeux Road, Central; Gold and Silver Exchange on Mercer Street; Lido Bathing Pavilions (1st Section) at Repulse Bay; Theological College on Stubbs Road; Headquarters of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade on Tai Hang Road; Confucius Hall at Sookunpoo; Tungar Printing Press at North Point; Buddhist Temple and Free School on Shan Kwong Road; Industrial School at Aberdeen; "Rest House" at Stanley; Club House at Kowloon Tong; Gas holder and tar tanks at To Kwa Wan; motor bus shelters at Tsim Sha Tsui; widening and lengthening of pier at the Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd.; block of twenty-four European houses at Shamshuipo.
28. Occupation permits were issued for 158 Chinese tenement houses; of this number, sixty-one were erected in Kowloon and ninety-seven on the Island; of the latter number, eleven were erected on the Praya East Reclamation, making a total to date on this area of 1,016 houses. There was a slight increase in the number of occupation permits issued for European type houses, thirty-five being erected on the Island and fifty-nine in Kowloon.
29. There was a decrease in the number of non-domestic type buildings completed when compared with the returns of the preceding year.
30. A comparative statement of the number and type of buildings in respect of which plans were deposited is given in Table XV.
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new Central British School on Argyle Street; extension to St. Mary's School on Austin Road; Maryknoll Convent School on Waterloo Road and Boundary Street; substation for the China Light & Power Co., Ltd., on Chatham Road; engineering work- shop for the China Light & Power Co., Ltd. on Dyer Avenue; site formation for large residential and day school at Hau Pui Loong; motor bus shelters at Tsim Sha Tsui; private hospital on Kiu Kiang Street; widening and lengthening of pier at the Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd.; Chinese hotel on Nathan Road; and Dispensary on Yee Kuk Street.
27. Buildings of importance completed were:-New Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank on Queen's Road and Des Voeux Road, Central; Cheero Club on Queen's Road, Central; new factory of the British American Tobacco Co., Ltd. on Gloucester Road; extension to the Soldiers and Sailors Home on Hennessy Road; site development and Gasometer for the Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd. at Smithfield; office block and flats at Nos. 3 and 5 Duddell Street; office block at Nos. 15 to 19 Queen's Road, Central; extension to Sincere Co. Building on Des Voeux Road, Central; Bank of East Asia Building on Des Voeux Road, Central; Gold and Silver Exchange on Mercer Street; Lido Bathing Pavilions (1st Section) at Repulse Bay; Theological College on Stubbs Road; Headquarters of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade on Tai Hang Road; Confucius Hall at Sookunpoo; Tungar Printing Press at North Point; Buddhist Temple and Free School on Shan Kwong Road; Industrial School at Aberdeen; "Rest House" at Stanley; Club House at Kowloon Tong; Gas holder and tar tanks at To Kwa Wan; motor bus shelters at Tsim Sha Tsui; widening and lengthening of pier at the Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., block of twenty-four European houses at Shamshuipo.
28. Occupation permits were issued for 158 Chinese tene- ment houses, of this number sixty-one were erected in Kowloon and ninety-seven on the Island, of the latter number, eleven were erected on the Praya East Reclamation, making a total to date on this area of 1,016 houses. There was a slight increase in the number of occupation permits issued for European type houses, thirty-five being erected on the Island anf fifty-nine in Kowloon.
29. There was a decrease in the number of non-domestic type buildings completed when compared with the returns of the preceding year.
30. A comparative statement of the number and type of buildings in respect of which plans were deposited, is given in Table XV.
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