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HONGKONG ESTIMATES
PUBLIC WORKS.
1.- PUBLIC WORKS,—Continued.
B.-PUBLIC WORKS, RECURRENT,—Continued.
Brought forward......
KOWLOON,
BUILDINGS.
Approved Estimate, 1915.
$
457,300
Estimate, 1916.
451,700
24 Maintenance of Buildings,
25 Improvements to Buildings,
COMMUNICATIONS,
26 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges...
13,000 1,000
13,000
1,000
28,000
28,000
27 Improvements to Roads and Bridges,. 28 Maintenance of Telephones..........
4,000
4,000
2,500
2,500
DRAINAGE.
29 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,.............
6,000
6,000
LIGHTING.
30 Gas Lighting,...
12,000
12,500
31 Electric Lighting,
2,000
2,800 (1)
CORAVIA
MISCELLANEOUS.
32 Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers,
1,500
1,500
33 Maintenance of Chinese Cemetèries,. 34 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,
1,000
500 (2)
5,000
4,000
ao
(3)
WATER WORKS.
35 Maintenance of Water Works, 36 Water Account, (Meters, &c.),
9,000
10,000
3,000
4,000
(5)
Total Kowloon,.......
88,000
89,800
NEW TERRITORIES.
BUILDINGS.
37 Maintenance of Buildings,-Islands in Southern District, 38 Improvements to Buildings,-Islands in Southern District,.. 39 Maintenance of Buildings, - Mainland and Islands
1,500 500
1,500. 500
in
Northern District,
6,500
9,000
(6)
40 Improvements to Buildings,-Mainland and Islands in
Northern District,
500
500
COMMUNICATIONS.
41 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges, Mainland, 42 Improvements to Roads and Bridges,-Mainland, 43 Maintenance of Telephones, Mainland,
14,000
16,000
(7)
2,000
2,000
4,000
4,000
DRAINAGE.
44 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullabs, &c.,-Mainland,
500
500
LIGHTING.
45 Electric Lighting, Shamshuipo,
600 (8)
MISCELLANEOUS.
46 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,-Mainland, 47 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,-Islands in Southern
500
100
(9)
District,.......
500
500
48 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,--Mainland and Islands
in Northern District,
2,500
2,000
(3)
WATER WORKS.
49 Maintenance of Lai Chi Kok, 50 Water Account, (Meters, &c.),
1,500 500
1,500
200
(3)
Total New Territories,..
35,000
580,300
38,900
580,400
Total Public Works, Recurrent,..
(1) Extensions of lighting.
(2) Principal old cemetery closed.
(8) Considered sufficient.
(4) Increased consumption necessitating more filtration of
water.
(5) Previously under-estimated,
(6) Programme work, costing about $8,000 in 1913, to be repeated in 1916; contract rate since increased by 26 % and some new buildings added.
(7) Road from Taipo to Fan Ling added, and other roads
being widened,
(8) New service.
(9) Little work anticipated.