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HONGKONG ESTIMATES
PUBLIC WORKS.
1.-PUBLIC WORKS,—Continued.
B.-PUBLIC WORKS, RECURRENT,—Continued.
Brought forward,.
KOWLOON.
BUILDINGS.
Approved Estimate, 1918.
Estimate, 1919,
$
$
463,600
543,600
23 Maintenance of Buildings,.
24 Improvements to Buildings
COMMUNICATIONS.
13,000
13,000
1,000
1,000
25 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,
30.000
30,000
26 Improvements to Roads and Bridges,.
4,000
4,000
27 Maintenance of Telephones,.....
2,500
2,500
DRAINAGE.
28 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,
7,000
7,000
LIGHTING.
29 Gas Lighting,
13,000
16,500
(1) (2)
30 Electric Lighting,
4,200
5,000
(2)
MISCELLANEOUS.
31 Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers,....
1,500
1,500
32 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,.
500
500
33 Maintenance of Recreation Ground,
1,000
1.000
34 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,.
4,000
4,000
WATER WORKS.
35 Maintenance of Water Works, 35A Special Repairs to Filter Beds, 36. Water Account, (Meters, &c.),
13,000
13,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
Total Kowloon,.........
102,700
107,000
NEW TERRITORIES.
BUILDINGS.
37 Maintenance of Buildings,
38 Improvements to Buildings,
COMMUNICATIONS.
39 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,
10,500 1,000
10,500 1,000
18,000
22,000
(3)
40 Improvements to Roads and Bridges, 41 Maintenance of Telephones,...
2,000
2,000
4,000
4.000
DRAINAGE.
42 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullalis, &c.,
600
600
LIGHTING.
43 Electric Lighting, Shamshuipo.
1,500
2,000
(2)
MISCELLANEOUS.
44 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries, 45 Typhoon and Rainstorm Dainages,
100
2,500
100 7.000
(4)
WATER WORKS.
46 Maintenance of Lai Chi Kok,
47 Water Account, (Meters, &c.),
Total New Territories,
2,000 200
2,000 200
42,400
608,700
51,400
702,000
Total Public Works, Recurrent,...
(1) Increase of 20% on contract rates with Gas Company. (2) Additional lamps.
(3) New roads added; Castle Peak road widened. (4) Large cuttings on new roads, and on improved Tai Po Road.