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etc., it was found impossible to keep any Surveyors permanently on this work. One Surveyor was engaged for three months in carrying on and extending the original scheme of triangulation in Kowloon and the New Territories.
Two Surveyors were engaged for five weeks in surveying and contouring an area, containing about 35 acres, at Taipo to enable certain applications which had been received for building lots to be dealt with.
It having been found imperative that a complete and comprehensive map of the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway and adjoining lands should be made so as to allow of a final settlement of the land resumption and railway boundary questions being arrived at, one Surveyor was engaged on this work for seven months and a traverse of about 19 miles, commencing at the South face of Beacon Hill Tunnel, was run along the centre of the railway track to Sham Chun on the Frontier, closing on five trigonometrical points on the way. Subsidiary traverses were run from permanent marks left on the main traverse for the purpose of picking up details, such as Sidings, Stations, Cuttings, Banks, etc., and in addition over 1,500 lots of cultivated land were either wholly or partially surveyed. Most of this work has been plotted on the Ordnance maps to a scale of 200 feet to one inch.
The Surveyor stationed in the New Territories was transferred to Cheung Chau where he surveyed the Village of Cheung Chau, comprising about 500 houses, and about 30 European building lots situated in various parts of the Island. Before being transferred to Cheung Chau, he ran a main traverse from Sha Tau Kok to Kwan Tye, about five miles in length, and carried out other survey work on the mainland.
The total length of traverses, in addition to detail work, carried out by Surveyors during the year was about 190 miles.
20. Sites for Booths at the Race Course.-A sum of $10,268 was realized by the letting of sites for the erection of booths and stands at Happy Valley during the race meeting.
21. Squatters. During the year, the survey of Ma Tau Wei Village, comprising 114 houses, 65 pig-sties and extensive cultivated areas, was completed and the necessary particulars with regards to areas, ownership, etc., were in course of preparation with a view to the issue of titles.
Areas and other particulars in connection with 2,255 lots at Little Hongkong Village were prepared to enable titles to be recorded.
Similar particulars were prepared in connection with 1,577 lots of land and 231 houses at Shek O Village, which were surveyed in 1912.
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etc., it was found impossible to keep any Surveyors permanently on this work. One Surveyor was engaged for three months in carrying on and extending the original scheme of triangulation in Kowloon and the New Territories.
Two Surveyors were engaged for five weeks in surveying and contouring an area, containing about 35 acres, at Taipo to enable certain applications which had been received for building lots to be dealt with.
It having been found imperative that a complete and com- prehensive map of the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway and adjoining lands should be made so as to allow of a final settlement of the land resumption and railway boundary ques- tions being arrived at, one Surveyor was engaged on this work for seven months and a traverse of about 19 miles, commencing at the South face of Beacon Hill Tunnel, was run along the centre of the railway track to Sham Chun on the Frontier, closing on five trigono- metrical points on the way. Subsidiary traverses were run from permanent marks left on the main traverse for the purpose of pick- ing up details, such as Sidings, Stations, Cuttings, Banks, etc.," and in addition over 1,500 lots of cultivated land were either wholly or partially surveyed. Most of this work has been plotted on the Ordnance maps to a scale of 200 feet to one inch.
The Surveyor stationed in the New Territories was transferred to Cheung Chau where he surveyed the Village of Cheung Chau, comprising about 500 houses, and about 30 European building lots situated in various parts of the Island. Before being transferred to Cheung Chau, he ran a main traverse from Sha Tau Kok to Kwan Tye, about five miles in length, and carried out other survey work on the mainland.
The total length of traverses, in addition to detail work, carried out by Surveyors during the year was about 190 miles.
20. Sites for Booths at the Race Course.-A sum of $10,268 was realized by the letting of sites for the erection of booths and stands at Happy Valley during the race meeting.
21. Squatters. During the year, the survey of Ma Tau Wei Village, comprising 114 houses, 65 pig-sties and extensive cultivat- ed areas, was completed and the necessary particulars with regards to areas, ownership, etc., were in course of preparation with a view to the issue of titles.
Areas and other particulars in connection with 2,255 lots at Little Hongkong Village were prepared to enable titles to be recorded.
Similar particulars were prepared in connection with 1,577 lots of land and 231 houses at Shek O Village, which were surveyed in 1912.
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