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(f) To improve the drainage system along the track near Mile 16, cement concrete channels totalling 190 linear yards in length were constructed.

54. Rainstorm Damage. The rainstorms in June caused considerable damage along the railway line. The following repairs were carried out: (a) At Tai Po Market Station: removal of earth and rock from the washout in the cutting amounting to 9,820 cubic yards; repairs to slopes by constructing 55 linear yards of retaining walls, 140 linear yards of toe walls, 5,700 square yards of rendering and 1,350 square yards of turfing; re-surfacing 540 square yards of platform and repairs to 150 linear yards of fence.

(b) At Mile 101: removal of 180 cubic yards of loose boulders, support- ing overhang boulders with cement concrete and rendering cracked boulders with cement mortar.

(c) Filling of embankments amounting to 2,800 cubic yards.

(d) Removal of earth and rock from track amounting to 300 cubic

yards.

(e) Repairs to washouts in cuttings at No. 1 Cutting, Yau Ma Tei and Lo Wu Stations: some 560 square yards of the slopes rendered and 80 linear yards of channels re-constructed.

(f) Construction of 25 linear yards of retaining wall and 25 linear yards of channel and rendering 70 square yards of slope behind the Railway Workshop at Hung Hom.

(g) Repairs to 370 linear yards of channels from Mile 16 to Mile 163.

55. Railway Land. The following areas of railway land were let on permits for various purposes:

Description

Club House and Sport Ground

Area sq. ft.

Annual Rental S

126,936

20.00

Motor Car Garage and Service Station

A

20,768

18,691.00

Storage

***

14,892

10,539.00

Cultivation and Gardening.....

***

921,186

3,518.00

Various Other Purposes

Total

***

257,070

29,324.00

1,340,852

62,092.00

56. Advertising Space. Advertising space let during the year was 10,047 square feet to a total value of $401,185.46.

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