4.49. 4,295 acres or nearly 7 square miles were surveyed for the large scale 1/600 survey of Hong Kong and Kowloon, bringing the total number of sheets available in this series to 281 (177 for Hong Kong and 104 for Kowloon). Second revision survey continued in the Tsim Sha Tsui areas and to the 1/1,200 survey of Sha Tin.
Topographical
4.50. Contour surveys were made covering 1,341 acres for town planning and development schemes, and were mainly plotted to a scale of 1/1,200; at a vertical interval of 10 feet.
Miscellaneous
4.51. Surveyors prepared 13 surveys for Police Court cases and attended Court 13 times to give technical evidence. 25 miles of new road line were set out for engineering sub-departments.
New Territories Cadastral Survey
4.52. Good progress on this survey was maintained by the three sections.
4.53. The Kowloon section continued the survey along the Clear Water Bay Road, and surveyed the Island of Peng Chau and the Silver Mine Bay area on Lantau Island.
4.54. The section camped at Fan Ling completed the survey of the road to Sha Tau Kok and the area around Lo Wu and along the Shum Chun River.
4.55. The section camped at Ping Shan completed the survey of Yuen Long and the paddy and fish pond areas north of the town.
4.56. During the year a total of 17 miles of control traverse was laid down establishing 303 permanent co-ordinated points and a further 199 points were fixed by resection and intersection. Detail survey at a scale of 1/1,200 amounting to 10 square miles was completed.
4.57. 66 survey sheets were traced and forwarded to the District Commissioner, New Territories, for identification of lot boundaries, and the areas of all lots and parcels of land were computed for 23 sheets. There are now 369 sheets available in this 1/1,200 series, compared with 292 sheets last year. Lot boundaries were determined and the areas of lots computed on 60 sheets.
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Revision
4.49. 4,295 acres or nearly 7 square miles were surveyed for the large scale 1/600 survey of Hong Kong and Kowloon, bringing the total number of sheets available in this series to 281 (177 for Hong Kong and 104 for Kowloon). Second revision survey continued in the Tsim Sha Tsui areas and to the 1/1,200 survey of Sha Tin.
Topographical
4.50. Contour surveys were made covering 1,341 acres for town planning and development schemes, and were mainly plotted to a scale of 1/1,200; at a vertical interval of 10 feet.
Miscellaneous
4.51. Surveyors prepared 13 surveys for Police Court cases and attended Court 13 times to give technical evidence. 25 miles of new road line were set out for engineering sub-departments.
New Territories Cadastral Survey
4.52. Good progress on this survey was maintained by the three sections.
4.53. The Kowloon section continued the survey along the Clear Water Bay Road, and surveyed the Island of Peng Chau and the Silver Mine Bay area on Lantau Island.
4.54. The section camped at Fan Ling completed the survey of the road to Sha Tau Kok and the area around Lo Wu and along the Shum Chun River.
4.55. The section camped at Ping Shan completed the survey of Yuen Long and the paddy and fish pond areas north of the town.
4.56. During the year a total of 17 miles of control traverse was laid down establishing 303 permanent co-ordinated points and a further 199 points were fixed by resection and intersection. Detail survey at a scale of 1/1,200 amounting to 10 square miles was completed.
4.57 66 survey sheets were traced and forwarded to the District Commissioner, New Territories, for identification of lot boundaries, and the areas of all lots and parcels of land were computed for 23 sheets. There are now 369 sheets available in this 1/1,200 series, compared with 292 sheets last year. Lot boundaries were determined and the areas of lots computed on 60 sheets.
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