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1 Box.
List of Places where Fire Brigade Despatch Boxes are kept.
No. 1 Police Station.
3 Boxes. Engine House at No. 2 Police
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Station.
Clock Tower.
1 Box.
Naval Dock Yard.
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Government Offices.
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Government House.
2 Boxes. No. 7 Police Station.
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No. 7, Queen's Garden, Royal 1
Engineers' Mess.
Central Police Station. Wellington Streetat Lyndhurst
Terrace.
Government Civil Hospital. Staunton Street at Sing Wong
Street.
Water Lane at Queen's Road
Central.
Bonham Strand West, at West
End.
Gas House, West Point. Fat Hing Street, at Queen's
Road West.
Ko Shing Theatre. Government Lunatic Asylum.
2 Boxes. Nam Pak Hong Fire Station.
Man Mo Temple.
1 Box.
2 Boxes. 1 Box.
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No. 5, Police Station. Kennedy Town Hospital. Collinson Street.
No. 463, Queen's Road West.
List of Telephones to which the Police can have access to communicate with Central Station in the event of a Fire breaking out.
Hongkong and China Gas Company, East and West Point, from 7 A.M. to 9 P.M. Tung Wá Hospital, Po Yan Street. Man On Insurance Office, Queen's Road
West.
Hongkong Hotel, Praya Central. Royal Naval Yard, Queen's Road East. Mr. J. KENNEDY's, Causeway Bay. Electric Light Company, Queen's Road
East.
HONGKONG, 5th March, 1903.
SIR,I have the honour to forward the Annual Report on the state of the Government Fire Engines for the year ending 31st December, 1902.
STEAMER No. 1.
(Floating Fire Engine by Shand & Mason.)
This Engine has been 5 years in service, was docked in August, 1902, for re- gular annual overhaul, and was docked again last month for repairs to stem after having been in collision with a lighter near the Naval Yard whilst proceeding to a Fire at Wanchai. The Hull, Machinery and Boiler are all in good order and
condition.
STEAMER No. 2.
(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)
This Engine has been 24 years in service (Boiler 5 years old). It has been used regularly at Fires during the year, and tested at Drill for Drivers. thoroughly overhauled and is now in good order and condition.
STEAMER No. 8.
(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)
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This Engine has been 20 years in service and has been used at several Fires during the year, and tested at Drill for Drivers.
It was thoroughly overhauled in March, 1902, and is now in good order and condition.
STEAMER No. 4.
(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)
This Engine has been 21 years in service, and has been regularly used at Fires during the year, and tested at Drill for Drivers.
It was thoroughly overhauled in December last, and is now in good order and condition.
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