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. the costs of supplying to other ~overnrne'd; ,r
. ~ipertrnen&and t q the pubhca largenGnber.'ofplans and prints not immediately,
conn&ted.with reqaisitions fof s u r v e ~The
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Lithogaph and ~ e h s i o nB r h & h e also included in the above table. Some dctaiLP
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.. . %ktY-eight jobg4inmiscellaneous categories rsquired spbcial investigation. !
.. This intrestigation mostly concerned.'discrepancies
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d&;, ahas, and omissiolid from the Published Map. ~ekhnical' descriptions
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Deportme- of Commerce and Industry-Boundaries of Temtorial Waters
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Rural Board-Proposed revision of Rural District boundaries. - 1
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I *Camputeru 11.3. Draftarncn 31.9.

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Mweum-Preparation of n list of maps of Singapore of historical value
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; Lithograph and Revision Branch
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As more staff became available during I952 it was possible to reorganize tho
lithe production and revision survey branch as a separato u&. Tho replacement -
1 of dilapidated standard sheets and prepardtionaoflithograph copies of theee sheet8
are now receiving specig attention. As a t e m p o f w measure Johore Snrvey
Office assisted in thc preparation of reproduction tracings during the year and
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seven tracings were compiled-by that office. i

.Many of these records have received little attention since 1941 and the
increase in land dealings after 1948 tended to delay work on them. It is estimated
tbat approximately 15 per cent. of.the staffmust be d i v c ~ e dt o work on these .
rcpords over the next tG6e years in order to bring thim reasonably up to date, .
and to complete preparation of new sheet6 in tho town aroa.
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' t The following table illustrates the work done in the past four years:-

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' This branch is also responsible for examination of layouts submitted to the
Singapom Improvemehi Trust. 671 lay+uts u n i i r sections 58 and 59 of the "* .,.-
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Work on th6 air'survev. revision of the 8 :hain map of t h i Citv Area and on .
j $he 1/25,000 map of the co6ny contiubed thrbugbbutthe year in the Caho.graphic a

~ ~ ~ p h i c d % r k cofhthe e Surveyor
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. 7EiMiidt Yftbb 8 chain map and 5 ~hhtarof the lij25,OOO wire re&iYt$ in Singa-
pore towards th&end of the year for office and field completion.

GENERAL
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AccbmmwIation ,and Equipment,
Extra oBce spaco was made avaiiable in October 1952. The additional floor
space waa badly needed foOoljing.inerease in staff.
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tlso for p h and dodumant copying. A flat-bed electric typewriter was installed
to facilitate routine typing-on plans.
I (a) Forty new standard sheets being drawn in addition to reproduction tracings in prcparatiou.
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Some tuition was dona f& thb annual departnieirtal examinations but owing
to im extensive revision of the syllabus (in conformity with the'general bvisioli of
examinations fdr all Technical Departments in Malaya) this tuition, Gxqt for a.
few 1952 examination...'post-pa~s'candidates, was suspended in September.
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. Seventeen officers ;it for the' 1952 departmental examinations. Four obtained
complete pauses and eight obtained post passes... 4

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Boun* Marks .
Three thousand six hundred and forty-six cement boundary rnar.h were
msde.in 1952 at a cost of cents each. . .
All cement marks used in Singapore are numbbed. All numbers are registered. a-d

The system help$ the'ideutification of boundaries.

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., The avarige sick leave per officer for the years was 7 days. This e0mpa-s
fav6urably with previous years. '
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Inspeaion
The Surveyor General, Malaya, visited the department in February, August,
October and November.
.*His Excellency the ~ o v i r n o rof Singapore. inspected the office on 23rd
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APPENDICES

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'I. Details of Revenue and cost of free services.

11. s t a t a n k t of expenditure.
X I state of survey with reference to requikitions.
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W . Pmgres~~Returns with Field a n ~ & c e e o s t s . .. - h .

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VT. ' List of ~ieenieds u r G p r s . *- , ' . ' Z

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VII. . Items of geographickl inteGst. I

-PI VIM. Catdoye 'of available maps,

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, Map of Singapore Island. . , . * . .

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i Index diagram of Litho Sheets. ..
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St. J o b s fquqohrantine station) . 90 feet bove mean sea level ,
or Laeams'Island . 185 feet .a ve mean sea level
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' About 1 2 t square miles or roughly Sf per cent of the area of Singapore is over 100 feet above

mean ma level.
4. Roads
Approximate total length Gf roads in Rllrnl Board Area=118 milea.
Approximate totnl length of roads in City Arm= 172 miles.
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