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66. Market near Quarry Bay.—A contract for the erection of a small market at the western end of the Shaukiwan group of villages was let in July and the building was practically completed at the end of December. The site has been reclaimed from the foreshore by filling in to an average depth of 8 feet 6 inches and the foundations of the building have been piled. The piers are of Canton red brick pointed in cement, the spaces between them, in the case of the external walls, being filled in with wrought iron grilles. The floor is laid with 4" lime and cement concrete rendered with cement mortar, and the roof is covered with single pan and roll tiling. In addition to the market itself, which -contains 20 stalls for the sale of meat, 20 for fish, 20 for vegetables and 8 for poultry, there

is a small brick store.

67. New Roads in Victoria-Extension East and West of Conduit Road. This work, as indicated by its title, comprises two separate sections of road, the eastern extending from the elbow in Magazine Gap Road, across the Peak Tramway and Peak Road, past Queen's Gardens and round Glenealy until it joins Conduit Road behind Belilios Terrace (I. L. 715) and the western commencing opposite the western boundary of I. L. 1544 and extending to Hatton Road, which it joins opposite Victoria Battery. The width of the road in both sections varies from 15 to 16 feet.

The eastern section has a length of 4,315 feet (0.81 mile) and includes five bridges,- one of 12 ft. span over the tramway, another of 17' 10" span over the Peak Road and the others of 10 to 19 feet span over various nullahs and streams. All of these are constructed of reinforced concrete girders and flooring, with abutments of rubble masonry.

In one case the height from the stream-bed to the floor of the bridge is 34' 6". To provide for the smaller streams, there are eight culverts varying from 16 to 124 feet in length and from 3′0′′ × 2′0′′ to 5′0" x 3'6" in cross section. By arrangement with the owner of I. L. 963 (Queen's Gardens), the private road, which gave access to the houses on that lot, was incorporated as part of the new road, being re-graded and improved so as to dispense with the steps which previously existed in it. Retaining walls of considerable extent were necessary for the support of the embankments and cuttings made in forming the other portions of the road. The steepest gradient on this section is 1 in 12.4.

The western section has a length of 2,930 feet (0.55 mile) and includes one 3-span bridge, (each span 16' 3" in the clear) across the ravine traversed by the road connecting Conduit and Robinson Roads. This bridge is constructed in a similar manner to those already described for the eastern section and its height is 29 feet.

There are six culverts in this section, varying from 16 to 85 feet in length and from 3′0′′ × 2′0′′ to 5′0′′ × 3′6′′ in cross section. A length of 460 feet of 9" diameter pipes was laid behind I. L. 946 to convey the stormwater from above the road into a nullah running through that lot. This section of the road is practically level throughout.

That portion of the eastern section to the eastward of Peak Road has been named May Road" and that to the westward "Queen's Gardens" whilst the designation "Conduit Road" was extended to include the whole of the western section. The total cost of both sections was $58,108.82:

68. New Roads in Kowloon.--Payment of the balance ($14,705) of the sum due for the widening and lowering of Des Voeux Road past Blackhead's lot was made from this vote, the work having been completed in December 1906 as mentioned in last year's report. The only work undertaken under this vote during 1907 was an extension of Robinson Road, 100 feet in width, from Market Street, Yaumati, to Waterloo Road. A contract for this work was let in May and it was nearing completion at the close of the year. The hill which has to be removed to admit of the formation of Robinson Road between First Street and Market Street was being cut away by the purchasers of K. M. L. 89 in order to obtain material for reclaiming their lot.

69. New Roads in New Territories.-The extension of the Kowloon City Road to its point of intersection with the roads made by the Military Authorities to Tate's Cairn and Chin Lan Chu Hill, which was mentioned in last year's report, was completed in March. It has a length of 7,840 feet (1.48 miles), a width of 12 feet, and includes six new bridges, varying from 10 to 30 feet span, and one old Chinese bridge which was partially reconstruct- ed. All the bridges are constructed of cement concrete supported on rolled joists resting.