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25. Maintenance of Sewers.-The work of maintaining and cleaning the sewers has been carried on satisfactorily and without any extraordinary expenditure.

26. Street Lighting. The lighting of the City by gas and electricity has been satisfactorily carried out by the Gas and Electric Light Companies under their respective contracts. There are 642 gas lamps and 75 electric lights now in use throughout the City and suburbs.

The lighting of the more important roads and streets of Kowloon by gas has been satisfactorily performed under the contract with the Gas Company. The number of lamps in use is 76.

27. Maintenance of Public Recreation Ground.-The recreation ground at Happy Valley has been maintained at a small cost.

LAND SURVEY BRANCH.

28. During the year 15 land sales have taken place, the area sold being 891,792 square feet and the premiums realized amounting to $51,067. The sales include an area of 800,000 square feet sold to the Taikoo Sugar Refinery at Quarry Bay for the purpose of constructing a reservoir.

29. Extensions to existing lots of a total area of 479,740 square feet have been granted, the premiums realized amounting to $7,797.28. These figures include an area of 382,000 square feet occupied by the reservoir for the Aberdeen Paper Mills.

30. One Farm Lot in Kowloon has been converted into an Inlant Lot.

81. Surveys have been made, boundaries corrected and plans and particulars forwarded to the Land Office for the issue of 67 leases.

32. Boundary stones have been fixed to define 17 lots.

33. Surveys have been made and plans prepared of the following villages for the purpose of enabling the Squatters' Board to deal with the claims of the villagers under Ordinance No. 27 of 1890:-Mati, Mong-kok, Mong-kok-tsui, Tai-kok-tsui, Fuk-tsun-heung, Tai-shek-ku, Ho-mun-tin, and Fo-pang.

34. The following tabular statement shows the number of squatters' licences issued and the fees collected for the various villages; the total amount being $5,867.77 from 1,673 licences granted in addition to $639.21 for arrears :-

Village.

No.

Amount issued. collected.

Village.

No. issued.

Amount collected.

C.

$

0.

Aberdeen, Aplichau,

Caroline Hill,

22

78.88

Brought forward,..

939

3,524.97

86

349.75

Pak-shui-wan,

2

8.01

Ak-kung-ngam,

2

7.26

Pok-fu-lam,

23

56.68

25.00

Quarry Bay,

I

66.67

Causeway Bay,

3

55.91

Sandy Bay,

26

155.36

Chai Wan,..

39.32

Shallow Water Bay,....

2

2.50

Chung-hom Bay,

2.66

Shau-ki-wan, East,

24

104.39

Coffee Plantation,

47

71,35

Shau-ki-wan, West,

119

514.14

Deep Water Bay,

5.35

Shek-shan,.

17

28.65

Fo-pang,

34

57.14

Shui-ching-wan,

13

59.02.

Fuistu, South of....................

1

10.66

Stanley,

3

4.00

Fuk-tsun-heung,

32

213.12

Sun-shan,

16

43.78

Hau-pui-lung,

12

26.86

A

Tai-hang,

59.

124.78

Ho-mun-tin,

46

149.91

Tai-shek-ku,

9

38.82

Hung-hom, .....

19

179.56

Tai-shu-wan,

3

2.14

Hok-yuen,

Ho-pui,

101

235.07

Tai-kok-tsui,

129

353.26

1

3.75

Tin-wan,

4

15.88

Ka-shin-wan,.

1

0.87

Tai-min-tin,

1

0.86

Kai-lung-wan,

2

16.71

Tok-wa-wan,

183

273.18

Kau-pui-shek,

28

48.88

Tong-po Island,

4.49

Kennedy Town,

37

66.65

Tsat-tsz-mui,..

27

89.93

Kwat-teun-loong,

10

21.26

Tso-pai,

1.76

Kwo-lo-wan,

31

52.58

Tung-lo-wan,..

13

16.72

Little Hongkong,

1

2.16

Ty-tam,

1

2.84

Ma-kong,

1

0.99

Ty-tam-tuk,

2

1.34.

Ma-tau-chung,

53

119.15

Victoria Peak, &c.,.

16

156.64.

Ma-tau-kok,

32

48.46

Wo-lui,

3

3.36

Ma-tau-wai,

116

177.13

Wong-nai-chung,

11

143.93

Ma-ti,

86

152.96

Wong-kok-tsui,.

18

48.84

Mong-kok,

54

117.36

Wong-tsuk-bang,

2

12.33

Mong-kok-tsui,

63

1,188.26

Yau-ma-ti,

8.50

Carried forward...................

939

3,524.97

Total,.......

1,673

5,867.77