CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6] — Page 71

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Crown Land are under the direction of the Director of

Public Works. The amount of premium realised from Land

Sales during a single year has ranged as high as $816,000,

and the amount derived from Crown Rents and from Government

Properties under the control of the Director of Publie

Works now reaches nearly $480,000 per annum.

Extensive resumption schemes for

Sanitary and other purposes also come under the Director

of Public Works. The following are a few of the most

important ones in recent years:-

Site for Government Offices.

.$508,000

Kau U Fong Insanitary Property Scheme... 231,000

Mee Lun Lane Insanitary Property Scheme. 248,000

Blackhead's Lots (Railway).

615,000

Other extensive resumptions are in progress at the present

time.

4.

The mere fact that the Staff of

the Public Works Department comprises 18 Officers whose

£810 per annum and 37

maximum salaries range from £480

Officers with maximum salaries of from £225

£450 per

annum would appear to justify the payment of a higher salary

to the Head of the Department. The whole of the Staff is

concentrated in Hongkong and there are no Officers who are

in

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