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72. Improvements, Wongneichong Recreation Ground,

73. Disinfector Statim and Quarters.

74. Starling Inlet Police Station.

The expenditure under these headings was merely the balance of the contract amounts, the works having been com- pleted in 1900.

75. Future Works and Schemes:-Estimates were called for and prepared, to- gether with drawings, for the following works :-

Gymnasium, Queen's College.

Removal of Gunpowder Magazine to Green Island.

Forming sites for Market and Police Married Quarters at Tsim Sha Tsui.

Pier at West end of Wing Lok Street.

Permanent Extension of Wanchai Market.

Two Temporary Markets on sites adjoining proposed new Harbour Office

and Sailors' Home.

Road above Bowen Road.

Houses for Government Officials.

Extension of Central Police Station by adding another storey.

Convict Prison at Stonecutters' Island.

Removal of Gaol to Stonecutters' Island.

Quarters for Public Chair Coolies at Victoria Gap. Road and Pier to Lai Chi Kok Plague Cemetery. Quarters at Kennedy Town Hospital. Public Mortuary in Kowloon.

76. Jubilee Road.—Though practically unconnected with the Public Works De- partment, it is desirable to place on record the fact that the construction of the Jubilee Road from Kennedy Town to Aberdeen was begun in May, the work being placed under the care of Messrs. DENISON, RAM & GIBBS. In accordance with the arrangement originally made, it ought to have been carried out by the Public Works Department, but, owing to insufficiency of staff, this could not be done and the Jubilee Committee therefore entrusted it to the firm mentioned. Good pro- gress had been made with the work before the close of the year. The reasons of the delay, amounting to some three years, in the starting of the work, have already been made public and it is unnecessary to recapitulate them here.

77. Jubiler Dospital.—As originally proposed, the carrying out of this work was decided by public competition and, though the proposals upon which the competi- tion was based were entirely abandoned, Messrs. PALMER & TURNER, whose design had been selected, were appointed Architects for the buildings. The formation of the site above Barker Road, which had been begun in 1900, was completed and the construction of the buildings was undertaken and had made considerable progress by the end of the year.

78, Harlech Rod.—The road from Victoria Gap to High West Gap, a portion of which had been made by the men of the Welsh Fusiliers, under the direction of the Public Works Department, was, by arrangement between the Colonial Office and War Office, taken up by the Military Authorities. Good progress was made for a time, but, before the close of the year, the work had come to a standstill.

79. Road from Wanchai Gap to Wongnrichong Gap. The construction of this road, which is in great measure what is known as "Black's Link," was also under- taken by the Military Authorities. Originally, a track was laid out by the Public Works Departinent extending between the two gaps mentioned and situated en- tirely on the southern slopes of the hills. The Military Authorities departed from

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