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land bought from private owners.
There are 3 heavy items namely Kowloon Inland Lot No.652 for $47,000. This lot had to be bought as communication was cut off by the Railway he to the diversion of Des Voeux and Gascoigne Roads.
The Line ran through the Slaughter House and Cattle Depot and the $18,000/- is the estimate of the Honourable lirector of Public Works for rebuilding same on another site.
Farm Lot No.4 for which $22,000 was paid was some land between chain 9.100 and chain 9'661 the
compensation for which had to go up to arbitration. The Balance $40,000 represents the cost of the land required for the rest of the line.
The smallness of this amount is due to the fact
that very little of the Tarthwork bank is taken from Borrow pits, nearly all being taken from the cuttings
or from Crown Land on the hill sides. A great deal
of the land already bought and charged against the Railway will be handed back after the completion of
Construction.
Barthwork The expenditure under Banks and cuttings includes
the cost or Service Roads which are keay. The estimated amount of $23,848/- allows for the metre guage line bank and temporary bridges betwee: the
South Tunnel Face and Tai Kok Tsui Store Yard. Also
the cart road between Lok Loha and the North Face
of the Tunnel.
The expenditure under Earthwork on the line is
"ery heavy due to the hilly nature of the country
passed
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