Sessional_Paper_1907 — Page 1110

718

87. Rifle Range at the Peak.-At the request of the Volunteer Reserve Association, a new rifle range was constructed at the Peak. The butts are situated on the Eastern slope of High West and the firing points below the Harlech Road, at ranges of 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards. The targets, which were obtained from England, are of Jeffries' Patent Win- bledon" type and a small building has been constructed for storing them in when not in use. The range was finally handed over to the Association in October. The work was executed under the supervision of Messrs. DENISON, RAM & GIBBS.

88. Filling in Pool on Crown Land, Kowloon.—This consisted of filling in a hollow near the intersection of Robinson Road with Gascoigne Road South, where there has been a pool of stagnant water for many years. The owners of the neighbouring lots were called upon to execute the necessary filling over portions of the hollow falling within their boundaries,

89. Repairs to Gap Rock Cable. These have been referred to under Maintenance of Telegraphs" and it is unnecessary to add anything further here.

90. Compensation to Lessees of certain Quarries at Lyemun.-In consequence of re- presentations by the Military Authorities to the effect that quarrying operations were encroaching on a spar of the hills at Lyemun which they required to be preserved, two quarries were resumed, the lessees being compensated.

91. Resumption of land for Sai U Shek Cemetery, Kowloon City.-As the boundaries of this cemetery were found to include some leased areas, these were resume, compensation being paid to the owners.

92. Resumption of Kowloon Inland Lot 1112.-This was a small lot which was leased in 1909 to Messrs. PUNCHARD, LOWTHER & Co. to enable them to erect quarters for their foremen at their block yard near Ma Tau Kok. Messrs. PUNCHARD, LOWTHER & Co. being desirous of disposing of it, it was considered that the building would be useful to Govern- ment and also that the existence of the lot might interfere with future developments and it was accordingly resumed.

93. Reconstruction of Government l'iers.-This vote was re-opened simply to enable a refund to be credited to it from the Praya Reclamation Account as it was found, on com- pletion of the final adjustment, that there was a balance in its favour. No expenditure was incurred under it, the works comprised under the vote having been completed several years

ago.

94. Typhoon Damages.-The damage done by the typhoons of the 18th and 29th September has been referred to under the various paragraphs of this report and a general account of it was given in His Excellency Sir MATTHEW NATHAN'S Despatch No. 238 of the 5th October, 1906, which was published in the Gazette of the 5th April, 1907. It was very widespread, none of the items amounting to a very large sum.

ADVANCE ACCOUNTS.

95. Metallic Circuiting.-This has been referred to under the heading Maintenance of Telegraphs" and it is unnecessary to add anything further on the subject. The total expenditure during the year amounted to $14,486.73.

96. Rider Mains.-Work in District No. 5 was completed and in April and September respectively the Eastern and Kennedy Town divisions of the City were gazetted as Rider Main Districts Nos. 6 and 7, the laying of the mains being completed before the close of the

year.

Page 1110Page 1111