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Head 26. KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY
Approved Estimate, 1936.
Estimate, 1937.
KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY,-Continued.
Brought forward
$
CA
715,590
720,300
Special Expenditure.
Sub-heads:-
34 Extension of Platform No. 4, Kowloon Station
3,500 (1)
35 Reinforced Concrete road level crossings
2,300
3,000
(2)
36 Detached Kitchens for Staff Quarters and Gang Huts
1,200
CRE
(1) (3)
37 Reconditioning and converting from Saturated to Superheated
steam one Class B Locomotive Boiler........
38 One New" ACFI" Feed Water Heater Pump..
25,000 6,000
(1)
39 Provision of fans in eight 3rd Class Coaches...
1,920
1,600
40 One Twist Drill Grinder
800
41 Two new Typewriters
900 (1)
42 Air-conditioning by ice-cooling one First Class Steel Coach...
Double-Wire Signalling at Yaumati Station
4,000 (1)
4,300
Conversion of Taipo Market Station into a Crossing and Train
Token Station
3,000
...
Re-railing Beacon Hill Tunnel
25,300
Wiring Shatin Station for Electric Light
1,300
(5)
Creosoting Plant
1,500
New Boiler for Class B locomotives
24,000
Reinforced Concrete Gantries in Carriage Shed
340
New Traffic Quarters at Lowu
320
Total Special Expenditure
Total Kowloon-Canton Railway
Personal Emoluments.
Details of the foregoing.
E-1 GENERAL EXPENSES.
E-1-3 GENERAL ManageR.
64,280
46,000
779,870
766,300
NUMBERS.
E-1-3-1 Salaries.
1936
1937
1
1
Manager and Chief Engineer, (£1,400 to £1,600 by
£50 annually)
17,889
24,652
(6) (7)
Junior Clerical Service:
1
1
Class II, ($2,700 to $3.300 by $150 annually)..
3,300
3,300
1
1
Class IV, ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100 annually)
1,786
1,800
(6)
2
2
Office Attendants, (1 at $252 to $300 and I at $192
to $240 by $12 triennially)
463
468
(6)
1
porad
1
Messenger ($156 to $204 by $12 triennially)
184
192
(6)
E-1-3-2 Allowances.
Office Attendants, and 1 Messenger, Rent Allowances
to 3 at $48 each
114
144
Carried forward
23,766
30,556
(1) Considered necessary.
(5) Non-recurrent.
(2) Final part of a 3 year's programme.
(3) First part of a 3 year's programme.
(6) Stipulated increments. (7) Lower rate of exchange,
(4) 2nd year's part of a 3 year's programme.
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