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was washed away. The rubble slope of the sea-wall by Mac-

-donnell Road not far from this was also washed away for a

length of 36 yards. A stone pier at Green Island and the

pitched slope in front of the Gunpowder Depot there were

damaged and and a pier at Cheung Chow Island was demolish-

-ed. The cost of repairs to Government Piers and Sea-walls

including the reinstating of the Police Basin Swing Bridge

is estimated at $13,800 or say $14,000.

rainage Works.)

26.

In Victoria the side walls and

floor of the Albany Nullah were broken up in places and

some damage was done to the nullah at the top of Ship

Street. In both Victoria and Kowloon quantities of sand,

boulders, tree-branches etc., were swept into the nullah

courses and sewers and have to be cleared out. A number of

storm-water and sewer outlets into the harbour, consisting

of cast-iron or stoneware pipes and cement concrete were

swept away or badly broken. The approximate estimate for

repairing and clearing drains is as follows:-

Victoria.

Kowloon

27.

ter Works.)

Say

.$3,202

1,010

$4,212

.$4,500

The Victoria City Water Works

suffered