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inside 8' 9", width 9' 0" inside, length between head stocks 40' 0" inside, coupler centre from rail 35", length between outer face of couplers is 43' 8".

Considerable

49. Work for Hong Kong Government Departments: repair work as well as the manufacture of spare parts was carried out in the Hung Hom Workshops for other Government departments such as the Public Works Department, Royal Observatory, Medical Department, Fire Brigade, Crown Lands and Surveys Office and the Police Department.

There has been one fire appliance built for the Fire Brigade on an old chassis supplied.

50. Motor Vehicles: There are 2 rail buses and 2 inspection rail trolleys, 3 motor cars and 1 truck which have received normal main- tenance.

51. Machine and Hand Tools: At the close of the year the balance of 43 modern machine tools indented for in the United Kingdom in 1946 had been received and erected for use; also a great assortment of hand tools and measuring instruments, testing

instruments, testing apparatus, wood-working machinery, portable pneumatic and electric tools have been delivered. The scope of the Hung Hom Workshops may now be said to conform to modern practice and employs an average of 400 workmen. There are 62 motorized machine tools and 54 various kinds of mechanical tools and equipment including pneumatic plant, oxy-acetylene cutting and welding, electric arc welding equipment, an electric tool hardening furnace, a simple machine for the testing of steel tension, compression and hardness, and 11 hoists from 1 to 5 ton capacity. There are 128 electric motors aggregating 1,025 rated H.P.

52. Lighting: There remains to be done the re-wiring and lighting of the workshops and the yard.

53. Locomotive Cranes: One 10-ton and one old 65-ton steam locomotive cranes have been maintained in working condition for wreck clearance purposes in addition to a considerable amount of heavy lifting done for customers using railway transport.

54. In conclusion, the railway plant, locomotives, carriages, wagons, tools and equipment have bpeen maintained to a satisfactory standard for safety and service.

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