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Chief Clerk of Post Office,—
Common to Departments,—
Four rooms.
Bath room, etc.
Usual quarters for servants.
Tiffin room. Waiting room.
GENERALLY.
Lift and staircase to be provided to upper floors for the use of Europeans.
A separte entrance to be provided for the use of Chinese to all parts to which they require a
Accommodation for 4 office boys or messengers for each Department. Separate lavatory an modation on each floor for Heads of Departments, European Staff, and Chinese Staff.
Verandahs will be permitted, extending over the footpaths, on the North, East and South sid the building.
The building to be so designed as to be capable of having another storey added to it in future By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th December, 1902.
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretar
COPY.
Enclosure 4.
C.O.
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19 10 SEP 03]
Report upon the Construction of the Proposed New Fost
Office and other Government Offices.
Foundations.
CONSTRUCTION.
The foundations to be constructed as shown on plans with hard-wood bearing piles, not less than 12" in diameter, and driven down to hard ground, at a distance of 3.0" centre to centre. The footings to consist of four courses of granite stones 12" by 12" in section, laid header and stretcher in al- ternate courses, upon a bed of cement concrete 3'.O" thick, and of the width shown on plans.
Superstructure.
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The general walling to be of Canton red bricks with facings of Amoy bricks; the dressings, mouldings, &c., to be of plaster generally; but of stone where consistent with the question of cost. It is very desirable in a building of this character to dispense with external plaster surfaces where practicable, as they get shabby and delapidated so quickly, and call for such a heavy outlay for reparation and colour-washing. All flat roofs, and floors of verandahs, to be of steel and cement concrete. The flat roofs to be laid with a finishing surface of" of asphalte; and the floors of verandahs &c., be laid with English tiles. The whole of the ground floor to be vaulted, or formed of iron and concrete, and to be laid with encaustic tiles. The internal walls of Basement and of ground floor (excepting the Fostal Hall, the Entrance Hall, and the Fostmaster's Room) should not be plastered but should be pointed in cement mortar, and colour-washed to an approved light tint. Ceilings to be omitted where practicable and the joists (hard- wood) to be left exposed. This is a great protection from the white ant and from decay.
Ground Floor.
PLANNING.
The plans speak for themselves, and follow closely the Instructions published in the Government Gazette. The private lane to the west appears obviously to be the best place for receiving and despatching the mails. Bere the work can be done without obstructing, or being obstructed by, the general traffic; and the glass pent over affords protection from the rain whilst loading or unloading the trucks; the mail bags being delivered directly into, or despatched directly from, the sorting rooms; to and from which there is easy access by five doors. Pedders Street: the leading thoroughfare from Blake Fier and from the Praya to the centre of the European part of the town: would also seem to be marked out, by the nature of the
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