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of machinery and apparatus, and has a number of laboratories and. workshops. There is practically no place in China where students have such an opportunity of seeing all kinds of machinery in actual working and of learning their practical management. Several graduates have obtained an Honour's Degree awarded by the Examiners of the London University.
The University insists upon all students having a proper know- ledge of their own language although instruction at the University is carried out in English. Students are required to pass an examina- tion in written Chinese before entering, and two Chinese Professors, both Hanlin graduates, give lectures on the classica and history of China.
V-PUBLIC WORKS.
The extension of the Central Police Station referred to in laat year's report was practically at a standstill throughout the year as the iron, girders and stanchions required did not arrive until Decem- ber. An extension of the Harbour Office building, erected in 1907, which will form the northern section of an extensive range of offices for the Imports and Exports Department, was begun.
The market at Shamshuipo was completed. A site for a market at Tai O (Lantao Island) was reclaimed from the sea, the erection of the building itself being well advanced.
The erection of a second block of quarters for subordinate officers (6 houses) in Kowloon, near King's Park, was begun,
"The construction of the additional service reservoir and filter beds for the supply of the western section of the City was nearly completed. The laying of an additional supply main from the Kowloon Storage Reservoir to Yaumati was begun with surplus pipes remaining from the Taitam Tuk Water Works. Operations had to be suspended however as, owing to the War, the additional pipes required were not obtainable.
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The new rond past Aberdeen Village and the extensive improve- meme of the old road in the neighbourhood of the Aberdeen Docks were completed. The widening and improvement of the old road, extending from the Aberdeen Paper Mills to near Little Hongkong Village, where it joins the new road constructed in 1915, was under- taken. The construction of a new road from Repulse Bay to a point about half a mile east of Stanley, and the widening and improve- ment of the old road from this point onwards to where it joins the new road crossing Taitam Tuk Dam were undertaken in the begin- ning of the year. Fair progres had been made by the close of the year. The new road from the north end of Taitam Tuk Dam to a point about 200 yards beyond Taitam Cap was completed and operations for the widening and improvement of the old road from this point onwards to Shankiwan were begun. On the completion of these works, a motor road, about 244 miles in length, encircling the greater part of the Island of Hongkong will be available. Batore the route can be regarded as satisfactory for motor traffic, however,
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eme improvements are required in the case of the Victoria Road, which was constructed in 1908 and which forms a section of the road referred to.
In Kowloon, the construction of a new road to afford more direct access to the southern portion of the Taikoktsui peninsula was undertaken, the work being well advanced by the close of the year,
In the New Territories, extensive improvements in that portion of the Tai Po Road between the 9th and 18th milestones were under- taken. The road from Au Tau to Castle Peak Bay was further widened from To feel to 20 feet and a still further widening to 40 feet of that portion which skirts the village of Un Long was undertaken. The new road from the 3rd milestone on the Tai Po Road to beyond Tsun Wan Village was completed and an extension of the same road along the coast to Castle Peak Bay, a distance of about 104 miles was undertaken early in the year, the work being well advanced by its close.
Kowloon Marine Lot 83 and Kowloon Inland Lot 1178, situated in Hanghom Bay, were resumed by Government with a view to future railway developments and the provision of facilities for discharging and loading vessels. With the same objects in view, arrangements were made with the China Light and Power Company, whereby their present premises, situated on Hunghom Inland Lot 220, will revert to Government whenever their power station has been transferred to a new site granted by Government.
For the improvement of roads in the City of Victoria, 1.L.1375 and a portion of L.L.59 were resumed in order to improve dangerous bends in Caine Road, whilst a portion of M.L.239 was resumed in order to widen Belchers Street to 50 feet. In Kowloon, several resumptions and readjustments were carried out in connection with a scheine for widening Canton Road, Battery Street, and portions of Reclamation and Shanghai Streets so as to form a thoroughfare with a minimum width of 60 feet. Portions of Kowloon ILs 100 to 109 were resumed to admit of development on suitable lines of certain Crown land adjoining Nathan Road. Certain lots and buildings were resumed to provide for the fature construction of a main road, 100 feet in width, from Hunghom to Kowloon City.
The riding floors known as No. 148 Des Voeux Road West were resumed in order to improve the sanitary conditions of the locality,
The work of providing scavenging lanes continues, compensation being paid where necessary.
Substantial progress was made with the Shamshuipo Improve- ment Scheme, many of the old village houses being demolished and replaced with new houses frouting on good, wide roads.
The Government having decided to exercise greater control over the ferry services between the City of Victoria and the western side of the Kowloon Peninsula, the various piers hitherto used by such ferries, with the exception of one which is situated in front of private property, were resumed by Government. Extensive repairs were
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