FOR THE YEAR 1914.
[Class VI] 91
PUBLIC WORKS.
1.- PUBLIC WORKS,—Continued.
B.-PUBLIC WORKS, RECURRENT,—Continued.
Brought forward,......
KOWLOON.
BUILDINGS.
Approved Estimate, 1913.
Estimate, 1914.
**
336,900
A
378,300
21 Maintenance of Buildings, .
COMMUNICATIONS.
6,500
8.500
(1)
22 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,..
23,000
23 Maintenance of Telephones,.............
2,500
25,000 (2)
2,500
DRAINAGE.
24 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c...........................
6,000
6,000
LIGHTING.
25 Gas Lighting,......
10,500
10,500
26 Electric Lighting, .
1,700
1,700
MISCELLANEOUS.
27 Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers,
1,500
1,500
28 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,.
1,500
1,000
(3)
29 Improvement of King's Park,
1,000
(4)
30 Dredging Foreshores,
1,000
(5)
31 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,.
5,000
5,000
WATER WORKS.
32 Maintenance of Water Works, 33 Water Account, (Meters, &c.),
8,000
8,000
2,000
3,000 (6)
Total Kowloon,..
70,200
72,700
NEW TERRITORIES.
BUILDINGS.
34 Maintenance of Buildings,-Islands in Southern District,
1.200
1,500
35
Do.
do.,
COMMUNICATIONS.
-Mainland and Islands in
Northern District,......................
(1)
4,800
6,500
36 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,—Mainland, 37 Maintenance of Telephones,—Mainland,
DRAINAGE.
38 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullabs, &c.,—Mainland,
MISCELLANEOUS.
12,000
12,000
4,000
4,000
1,000
500
(7)
39 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,-Mainland, 40 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,-Islands in Southern
500
500
District,.....
500
500
41
Do.
do.,
do.,
-Mainland and Islands
in Northern District,
2,500
2,500
WATER WORKS.
42 Maintenance of Lai Chi Kok,
43 Water Account, (Meters, &c.),—Mainland,
Total New Territories,......
Total Public Works, Recurrent,..
(1) Increase in number of buildings and increase in cost of work.
(2) Increase in cost of work.
(3) Old cemetery being closed.
(4) Provision made under "Public Works, Extraordinary ".
(5) Provision included in item 13.
(6) Increase in number of buildings to be supplied by meter.
Considered sufficient.
1,500 500
1,500
500
28,500
30,000
435,600
481,000