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Item (iii) is a continuation of the work referred to in last year's report. The hill which had to be excavated has proved to be of a very treacherous nature and several considerable landslips have occurred.

Item (iv). This path extends from the bridge conveying May Road across the Peak Tramway to the Victoria Hospital where it links up with a path made about 5 years ago to Plantation Gap. It is 3,515 feet long, 6 feet wide, has an average gradient of 1 in 7 and is surfaced with concrete throughout its entire length. It facilitates communications between the City and the central part of the Hill District, which could formerly only be reached by way of Magazine Gap Road or Peak Road, both of which involved a considerable detour. In view of the fact that nearly all materials consumed in the Hill District have to be transported from the low levels by coolie labour, the importance of improving communications is obvious.

Item (v). The road to the Jewish Cemetery was formerly very irregular and badly graded. By arrangement with the lessee of Farm Lot 47, a strip of land was resumed from the lot and an improved road constructed. The cost of constructing some steps at the entrance to the Cemetery, necessitated by the improvement of the road, was defrayed by Mr. E. S. Kadoorie.

Item (vi) calls for no comment.

Item (vii). This completes the work which was described in the reports for 1905 and 1906.

Items (viii)-(xv). With the development of Kowloon, it has been necessary to extend the kerbing and channelling of the various roads and the work included under these items fall under this category.

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71. Gullies Reconstruction. This work was continued, the principal areas dealt with being the upper levels of the City of Victoria and Kowloon Peninsula. During the year 136 gullies with single gratings and 69 with double gratings were constructed, or a total of 274 gratings, bringing the totals dealt with up to the close of the year to 590 gullies with single and 609 with double gratings.

72. Training Nullahs.-The following is a statement of the works executed under this heading

(i.) Conduit Road Extension, Eastern Section, or May

Road-nullabs in vicinity of building sites, ...... (ii.) Wanchai-culvert to eastward of Public laundries, (iii) Do.-extension of trained nullah past the west end of the Public laundries--one side-wall only, 20 feet in length,

Length Trained. Lineal Feet.

Expenditure.

1,630 160

$7,251

347

406

(iv.) Bowen Road-channels to drain swampy ground to

south east of Military Hospital,

706

1,029

(v.) Do.-channel between I. L. 1633 and the Peak

Tramway,

329

190

(vi) Barker Road-channel to eastward of R. B. Lot No.

126,

213

115

(vii.) Tai Hang-Main nullah,

908

Extension of branch nullah past Lin Fa

Kung Temple,.

13,456

120

Small channels,

280