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Enclosure 3.

REPORT BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

SUMMARY OF

ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, ROADS, &C., CAUSED BY THE TYPHOON OF JULY 27тH-28т¤, 1908.

Buildings inside City,

outside City,

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in New Territories,

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Miscellaneous,

Roads in City,

in Kowloon,

outside City,

in New Territories,

Telephones, (including repairs to cable across

Harbour, $2,000),.

Piers and Sea-Walls,...

Miscellaneous Rainstorm Damages,.

Allow 10% for Contingencies, say,

$ 20,945

8,565

4,500

715

9,925

1,820

6,395

2,500

4,500

5,732

6,622

$72,219

7,221

$79,440

Name of Building.

Government House.

Government Offices.

Queen's College.

Belilios School.

Kennedy Town Hospital.

Kennedy Town Police Station.

Disinfecting Station.

Central Police Station.

D. S. P.'s Quarters.

Married Sergeants' Quarters and

Armoury. Magistracy.

BUILDINGS INSIDE THE CITY.

Extent of Damage.

The roof to back verandah carried away. A covered- way badly damaged. Sinall brick building collapsed also Laundry matshed. A quantity of the rubberoid roofing damaged. General repairs to doors, windows, jalousies, &c.

General repairs to roof, windows, &c. Overseers' Mat-

shed partly blown over.

The roof to large Hall partly carried away. General repairs to all roofs and to many of the jalousies, doors and windows.

Portion of roof carried away and small repairs.

Matsheds blown down and portion of roof to brick

building damaged.

Roof badly damaged and small repairs.

Matsheds badly damaged.

Damage to roofs, sunshades, covered-ways, main gates,

jalousies, windows, doors, gutters, &c.

Roof badly damaged and jalousies and windows badly

knocked about.

Ditto.

Ditto.