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All other staff quarters were maintained in good order and improved where necessary as funds permitted during the year.

48. LAND. The following areas of Railway land were leased for various purposes:

435,858 sq. ft. for Military camps, etc.

a Bible Auditorium (Seventh Day Adventists)

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motor car service.

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storage.

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film-titling studio.

cultivation and gardening.

various other purposes.

Total: 623,213 sq. ft.

Revenue collected from the lease of the above areas of Railway land during the year amounted to $64,941.88. The Military land is held on a permit at $1.00 per annum.

An area of about 231,500 sq. ft. of Railway land at Hung Hom was also utilized by other Government Departments for rice godowns, a cemetery depot and a police camp.

49. ADVERTISING SPACE. during the year was 7,051 sq. ft. amounted to $94,991.50.

Advertising space let out Revenue from this source

50. OLD SURPLUS AND UNSERVICEABLE MATERI- ALS. Approximately 1,471 tons of old rails and 24 tons of steel sleepers were sold by public tenders for a total sum of $456,771.

51. INDENTS. During the year the following materials requisitioned through the Crown Agents arrived from the United Kingdom:-

For Indent No. 72/51.

(a) Junction fishplate 85/95 lb. (b) “Ramapo" switch stand (c) Steel rails 95 lb., 36'

(d) Steel rails 95 lb., 27′ & 33′ (e) Fishplate for 95 lb. rails ...

100 sets of 4

21 sets 1,364 lengths

108 >> 1,598 pairs

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