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plies from Hankow. The price was H.K. $30.00 per picul in the beginning of the year and reached the unprecedented figure of H.K. $56.00 in April. At the end of the year it was H.K. $32.00 per picul. The demand for cement was steady but small, the market being hampered by the unsettled state of affairs. In metals, although a better tone prevailed in the market through the year, trade generally was on a moderate scale. The total exports of China Tin were less than in 1926, the main decrease being on the exports to America and Europe.
Public Works.-1. COMPLETED :— (a) Ventris Road Quarters; Large camp of wooden huts at Shamshuipo for Military Authorities; Quarters for Cadets at Canton. (b) To Kwa Wan Road; Road to Dairy Farm lots at Diamond Hill; Embankment and approaches to the new bridge at Tai Po. (c) Western half of Service Reservoir at Eastern Filter Beds; Peterson Rapid Gravity filters at Bowen Road filter beds; two (d) Branch nullah in Village Road, Wongneichung reinforced concrete bridges over Shek Lai Pui Stream. Valley; over 2,000 feet of smaller stream courses trained.
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2. UNDER CONSTRUCTION :-(a) New Hospital for Victoria Gaol. (b) Road in Wongneichung Development area; Argyle Street extension and Waterloo Road Extension. (c) Laying of C.I. pipe in Kowloon, Kowloon Tong Estate; Strengthening of North tunnel and laying of steel mains, Shing Mun Scheme. (d) Reclamations at Praya East, Shamshuipo, Kowloon Bay West, Laichikok and Kai Tak (resumed for an Air Port). (e) Large nullah in Wongneichung Valley; nullah training in the Cemeteries Valley, Homuntin. (f) Development in the Kowloon Tong Estate and filling in of area in Kowloon City.
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Legislation.-28 Ordinances (15 amendment) were passed. The principal matters dealt with were :- Factory (Accidents), Illegal Strikes and Lock-Outs, Chinese Extradition (Amendment), Dogs.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
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plies from Hankow. The price was H.K. $30.00 per picul in the beginning of the year and reached the unprecedented figure of H.K. $56.00 in April. At the end of the year it was H.K. $32.00 per picul. The demand for cement was steady but small, the market being hampered by the unsettled state of affairs. In metals, although a better tone prevailed in the market through the year, trade generally was on a moderate scale. The total exports of China Tin were less than in 1926, the main decrease being on the exports to America and Europe.
Public Works.-1. COMPLETED :— (a) Ventris Road Quarters; Large camp of wooden huts at Sham- shuipo for Military Authorities; Quarters for Cadets at Canton. (b) To Kwa Wan Road; Road to Dairy Farm lots at Diamond Hill; Embankment and approaches to the new bridge at Tai Po. (c) Western half of Service Reservoir at Eastern Filter Beds; Peterson Rapid Gravity filters at Bowen Road filter beds; two (d) Branch nullah in Village Road, Wongneichung reinforced concrete bridges over Shek Lai Pui Stream. Valley; over 2,000 feet of smaller stream courses trained.
Under
2. UNDER CONSTRUCTION :-(a) New Hospital for Victoria Gaol. (b) Road in Wongneichung Develop- ment area; Argyle Street extension and Waterloo Road Extension. (c) Laying of C.I. pipe in Kowloon, Kowloon Tong Estate; Strengthening of North tunnel and laying of steel mains, Shing Mun Scheme. (d) Reclamations at Praya East, Shamshuipo, Kowloon Bay West, Laichikok and Kai Tak (resumed for an Air Port). (e) Large nullah in Wongneichung Valley; nullalı training in the Cemeteries Valley, Homuntin. (f) Development in the Kowloon Tong Estate and filling in of area in Kowloon City.
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Legislation.-28 Ordinances (15 amendment) were passed. The principal matters dealt with were :- Factory (Accidents), Illegal Strikes and Lock-Outs, Chinese Extradition (Amendment), Dogs.
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