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101

No.

11

1926

HONGKONG.

FIRE STATION BUILDING.

CONTRACTORS MESSRS. TROLLOPE & COLLS (AR EAST) LTD.

7th Quarterly Report ending 30th June, 1926.

CONTRACT No. 47 of 1924.

The contractors have made fairly satisfactory progress with the work during this quarter.

The Des Voeux Road portion of the building is well advanced, and work is proceed- ing with the fittings in the native kitchens and sanitary blocks.

All the upper storeys to the Connaught Road portion of the building have been plastered, joinerwork fixed including glazing and ironmongery, floor tiles laid to the corridors, and work is being carried out on laying the wood block flooring, plumberwork, and fixing of sanitary goods.

Painterwork is being executed wherever possible as the various trades complete

their work.

Concrete work is proceeding to the floors of the motor rooms over the lift wells, but the completion of the building is being delayed, as the lifts have not yet arrived from England.

The external plasterwork is nearing completion and work is being carried out ou the fixing of rain water goods, cleaning the face brickwork and dressing down the granite work..

Tenders were received and a contract was let on 11th May to Messrs. Kiu Lee & Co., to supply furniture and the special fittings for the laboratories, while further tenders were received and were under consideration at the end of June, to supply furniture for the Offices of the various Departments to be accommodated in the building.

28th July, 1926.

HAROLD T. CREASY,

Director of Public Works.

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