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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE BRIGADE

FOR THE YEAR 1907.

There were 39 Fires and 76 Incipient Fires during the year as against 30 and 67 in 1906. Details with regard to these Fires are given in Tables I and II.

The estimated dainage caused by Fires was $214,710.65 and by Incipient Fires $1,541.90.

The Brigade turned out 36 times during the year.

2. There was constant supply of water in the Fire Mains throughout the year.

3. Que Fire occurred in the harbour during the year.

4. I attach a list of places where Fire Despatch Boxes and Fire Alarms are stationed and of private telephones to which the Police have access in the event of a Fire (Appendix A). I also enclose a copy of a report by the Engineer on the state of Fire Engines (Appendix B).

5. The conduct of the Brigade has been good.

13th February, 1908.

F. W. LroxS, Superintendent of Fire Brigade.

Appendix A.

List of Places where Fire Brigade Despatch Boxes are kept.

1 Box. Kennedy's Stable Leighton Hill Road. 1 Box. 2 Boxes. Engine House at No. 2 Police

Station.

1 Box. Naval Dockyard, Queen's Road.

Government Offices.

Government House.

No. 10, Queen's Garden, Registrar

General's House.

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Clock Tower.

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Central Police Station.

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3 Boxes,

1 Box.

Street.

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Water Lane, at Queen's

Road

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Central.

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Wellington Street at Lyndhurst | 1

Terrace.

Government Civil Hospital.

Staunton Street, at Sing Wong

Robinson Road corner of Seymour | 1

Terrace.

No. 6 Police Station, Peak.

Botanical Department, Garden Road. | 1

2 Boxes. Tsin Tsa Tsui Police Station.

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No. 11, Mountain View, Peak.

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Gough Hill Police Station.

Engine House No. 7 Police Sta-

tion.

Bonham Strand West, at West

End.

Gas House, West Point.

Fat Hing Street, at Queen's Road

West.

Ko Shing Theatre.

Government Lunatic Asylum.

Nam Pak Hong Insurance Office. Man Mo Temple.

No. 5 Police Station.

Kennedy Town Hospital.

Collinson Street West.

No. 552, Connaught Road West. Pumping Station, Yau-ma-ti. Yau-ma-ti Police Station.

Hung Hom

Mong Kok Tsui Market.

Government Observatory, Kowloon.

Sham Shui Po Police Station.

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Tai Kok Tsui Market.