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on masonry abutments. For a distance of one mile the road is level and it then rises in the direction of Customs Pass with gradients varying from 1 in 39 to 1 in 6.75, one short length being however as steep as 1 in 4.89. It is surfaced with decomposed granite throughout and is provided with concrete side channels where necessary. The total cost of the work was $27,174.87, towards which the Military Authorities contributed a sum of $5,200. The cost includes a sum of $295.34 for resumption of land required for the con- struction of the road.

A contract for a further extension of this road from the termination of the section just described to its point of bifurcation to Customs Pass and Chin Lan Chu Village, a distance of 2,834 feet (0.54 mile), was let just before the close of the year, the Military Authorities having agreed to contribute half the cost.

The only other work executed under this heading was the surfacing of the path from Kowloon City to Kowloon Pass, diverted in order to be clear of the danger zone of the new Rifle Ranges when these were constructed in 1904. It consists of lime and cement concrete, 4 inches thick, sundry improvements in the provision for carrying off stormwater being effected in conjunction with the surfacing work. The work was completed at a cost of $6,525.45, towards which the Military Authorities contributed the sum of $2,500.

70. Forming and Kerbing Streets.-The following is a statement of the works executed under this heading, except those of a trifling nature. The sum stated is in some cases only a part of the cost owing to the work extending into more than one year :-

HONGKONG.

(i.) Diverting and improving Shaukiwan Road past Quarry

Bay Inland Lot 4

.$7,263

(i.) Raising and improving Shaukiwan' Road near Lin Fa

Kung Temple, Causeway Bay

6,447

(iii.) Excavating hill and forming Forbes and Cadogan Streets,

Kennedy Town

4,958

(iv.) Constructing path from May Road to Barker Road......... 3,948 (v.) Improving approach to the Jewish Cemetery, Happy

1,846 (vi.) Kerbing and channelling in High Street opposite I. L. 679. 685

Valley...

$25,147

KOWLOONA

(vii.) Retaining wall, north side of Middle Road, and forming

and kerbing road

...$2,320

(viii.) Kerbing and channelling Carnarvon Road and providing

gullies......

2,188

(ix.) Forming road south of Kowloon Inland Lot 722, including

extending nullah..

2,058

(x.) Kerbing and channelling part of Robinson Road and

providing gullies..

1,987

(xi.) Kerbing and channelling part of Macdonnell Road North. (xii.) Providing gullies in Kowloon Roads

1,730

701

(xiii.) Extension of Middle Road to Robinson Road

(xiv.) Forning) and kerbing streets about Kowloon Inland

Lot 1124,

665

630

(xv.) Filling in and forming footways in Macdonnell Road

at Kowloon Inland Lot 216,

548

$12,827

Item (i) forms part of a general scheme for the improvement and widening of Shaukiwan Road. By arrangement with the lessees of Quarry Bay Inland Lot 4, the boundaries of that lot were readjusted to align with the new road.

Item (ii) comprises the raising and kerbing and channelling of a portion of the road. bordered by buildings on the east side of the flat ground reclaimed from Causeway Bay about 20 years ago. It forms part of a general scheme for the improvement of the locality.

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