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71. Reinforced Concrete Piers.-Owing to the destruction of the floating plant by the typhoon, and other causes, very little progress was made with this work, beyond getting out designs for the various piers. The expenditure shown was principally for a Lidgerwood engine and frame for the pile-driver and a mould in which to make the piles.

72. Miscellaneous Works.—The following are the principal items of expenditure under this heading, representing in some cases only a part of the cost of the works in consequence of their execution extending over more than one year:-

Lighthouse Pier, Green Island,-Extension,

..........$ 1,634

Land Office, Tai Po,-Strong-room for Records,... 1,587 Levelling triangular area at Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Government House-Sundry works,..

+

1,497

1,230

Wood Paving Experiments-Laying area at foot of

Ice House Street,

1,105

Granite Paving Experiments-Laying portion of Queen's Road West with large, squared blocks and portion with setts, 6" x 6" x 3",

935

Railing on North side of Po Hing Fong, Taipingshan,...

854

Wanchai School-Raising boundary wall and improv-

ing drainage,

805

Supreme Court Improving latrines, &c.,

797

Central Police Station-Extension of Cook Houses, &c.,

781

Cattle Depôts, Kennedy Town,-New furnace for

crematorium,

754

Land Office, Tai Po, -- Repairing matshed,

705

Cable Reserve Additional Marks,

638

Victoria Hospital-Alterations,

551

Bridge for diverted nullah between I.L.s 897 and

1,705, Shaukiwan Road,

530

No. 5 Police Station-Alterations to Cook House,

524

Approach Path to Peak Garden,

498

Government House,-Additional Coolie Quarters,

469

Kennedy Town Cattle Depôt,-Improving surfacing

of Compounds,

465

Water Police Station, Kowloon,-Electric Light,

464

Chinese Lunatic Asylum-Additional Sta ̄r,

413

Additional Pillar Letter Boxes,....

395

Improving open spaces adjoining Queen's Statue,

382

Filling in low-lying ground adjoining Kowloon Disin-

fecting Station,

351

Lunatic Asylum-Electric Lights,

342

Bowen Road-Additional railings,

328

Central Police Station-Alteration of Canteen,

307

Store for Signals, Blackhead's Hill,

241

73. Compensation under the Buildings Ordinance of 1903.-This vote provides for the resumption of areas to form Scavenging Lanes, and for the payment of compensation in connection with the removal of houses over the ends of private lanes or streets.

In some cases, instead of resuming the areas devoted to Scavenging Lanes, an agreement has been entered into with the owner to the effect that the lane is to be properly maintained so long as the buildings abutting on it are occupied as dwellings and in a few cases owners have surrendered the areas required, in whole or in part, in consideration of being permitted to count them as part of their open space or of being granted permission to erect Verandalıs or Balconies over the public footpaths.