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Hong Kong Island and in the Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei and San Po Kong areas on the mainland.
5.39. Another task of the Revision Section which assumes increasing importance is the survey of special plans for the Police Department for production in court during traffic and criminal cases. During the year 64 of these surveys were made involving 57 attendances in Court of Surveying Assistants.
Revenue Survey
5.40. Demands for Revenue Surveys which deal with boundaries of lots for sale, lease, surrender, redevelopment and regrant of lease continued to increase as in previous years.
5.41. A total of 1,821 lot boundaries were fixed or re-fixed (as compared to 1,606 last year, and 1,327 the previous year) and the building-lines of 1,154 lots were checked.
5.42. Details and lease plans of 166 lots were sent to the Registrar General for the issue of Crown Lease and 472 boundary stones were fixed.
5.43. The decrease compared with last year is solely due to the fact that all survey staff experienced in this important work were heavily engaged in other and more urgent tasks connected with development. At the end of the year about 700 lots were awaiting survey for lease plans. In addition 153 requests to set out boundaries were on the waiting list.
5.44. 393 Surrender Plans were made and 54 were outstanding at the end of the year.
New Territories Survey
5.45. This group carried on in its reduced capacity with the ground survey of the 1/1,200 detail sheets near the frontier and in addition commenced contouring a few of these sheets.
5.46. During the year 1,114 acres of detail were surveyed and 507 acres were contoured at 1/1,200 scale. 19 Survey Sheets were completed.
Air Survey
5.47. 837 control-points were converted to the new co-ordinate system and 398 air-photo control-points fixed.
5.48. 179 machine-plots on 1/600 scale were received from the contractor for field-checking and 163 checked and returned. In addition
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has been removed as per instruction, the correct output is:Hong Kong Island and in the Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei and San Po Kong areas on the mainland.
5.39. Another task of the Revision Section which assumes increasing importance is the survey of special plans for the Police Department for production in court during traffic and criminal cases. During the year 64 of these surveys were made involving 57 attendances in Court of Surveying Assistants.
Revenue Survey
5.40. Demands for Revenue Surveys which deal with boundaries of lots for sale, lease, surrender, redevelopment and regrant of lease continued to increase as in previous years.
5.41. A total of 1,821 lot boundaries were fixed or re-fixed (as compared to 1,606 last year, and 1,327 the previous year) and the building-lines of 1,154 lots were checked.
5.42. Details and lease plans of 166 lots were sent to the Registrar General for the issue of Crown Lease and 472 boundary stones were fixed.
5.43. The decrease compared with last year is solely due to the fact that all survey staff experienced in this important work were heavily engaged in other and more urgent tasks connected with development. At the end of the year about 700 lots were awaiting survey for lease plans. In addition 153 requests to set out boundaries were on the waiting list.
5.44. 393 Surrender Plans were made and 54 were outstanding at the end of the year.
New Territories Survey
5.45. This group carried on in its reduced capacity with the ground survey of the 1/1,200 detail sheets near the frontier and in addition commenced contouring a few of these sheets.
5.46. During the year 1,114 acres of detail were surveyed and 507 acres were contoured at 1/1,200 scale. 19 Survey Sheets were completed.
Air Survey
5.47. 837 control-points were converted to the new co-ordinate system and 398 air-photo control-points fixed.
5.48. 179 machine-plots on 1/600 scale were received from the contractor for field-checking and 163 checked and returned. In addition
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Hong Kong Island and in the Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei and San Po Kong areas on the mainland.
5.39. Another task of the Revision Section which assumes increasing importance is the survey of special plans for the Police Department for production in court during traffic and criminal cases. During the year 64 of these surveys were made involving 57 attendances in Court of Surveying Assistants.
Revenue Survey
5.40. Demands for Revenue Surveys which deal with boundaries of lots for sale, lease, surrender, redevelopment and regrant of lease con- tinued to increase as in previous years.
5.41. A total of 1,821 lot boundaries were fixed or re-fixed (as compared to 1,606 last year, and 1,327 the previous year) and the building-lines of 1,154 lots were checked.
5.42. Details and lease plans of 166 lots were sent to the Registrar General for the issue of Crown Lease and 472 boundary stones were fixed.
5.43. The decrease compared with last year is solely due to the fact that all survey staff experienced in this important work were heavily engaged in other and more urgent tasks connected with development. At the end of the year about 700 lots were awaiting survey for lease plans. In addition 153 requests to set out boundaries were on the waiting list.
5.44. 393 Surrender Plans were made and 54 were outstanding at the end of the year.
New Territories Survey
5.45. This group carried on in its reduced capacity with the ground survey of the 1/1,200 detail sheets near the frontier and in addition commenced contouring a few of these sheets.
5.46. During the year 1,114 acres of detail were surveyed and 507 acres were contoured at 1/1,200 scale. 19 Survey Sheets were completed.
Air Survey
5.47. 837 control-points were converted to the new co-ordinate system and 398 air-photo control-points fixed.
5.48. 179 machine-plots on 1/600 scale were received from the con- tractor for field-checking and 163 checked and returned. In addition
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