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Head 26.-KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY
Approved Estimate, 1937.
Estimate, 1938.
KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY,—Continued.
Brought forward
€
720,300
710,746
Sub-heads:
Special Expenditure.
33 New Locomotive Staff Quarters at Hung Hom.
34 Improvements to north side of Kowloon Station
35 Detached kitchens for Staff Quarters and Gang Huts
36 One Neale's Token Instrument
20,000
7,100
1,200
1,400
(1)
1,350
37 Additional Typewriter for Stores Office
400
38 Double Wire Signalling at Fanling Station
8,000
39 Reconditioning of two Coaches
22,000
40 One new Superheated Boiler for Class B Locomotive
41 Railbus for running a shuttle service between Fanling and
Taipo Market
45,000
8,000
42 Provision of fans in five 3rd Class Coaches
1,600
900
(2)
43 Two new Saloon Motor Cars..
7,000
44 Reinforced concrete road level crossings.
3,000
450
Extension of Platform No. 4, Kowloon Station
3,500
(5)
Reconditioning and converting from Saturated to Superheated
steam one Class B Locomotive Boiler...
25,000
(5)
One New "ACFI" Feed Water Heater Pump..
6,000
(5)
One Twist Drill Grinder
800
(5)
Two new Typewriters
900
Air-conditioning by ice-cooling one First Class Steel Coach...
Total Special Expenditure
Total Kowloon-Canton Railway
(5)
4,000
(5)
46,000
121,600
766,300
832,346
Personal Emoluments.
Details of the foregoing.
E-1 GENERAL EXPENSES.
E-1-3 GENERAL MANAGER.
E-1-3-1 Salaries.
NUMBERS.
1937
1938
1
1
Manager and Chief Engineer, (£1,400 to £1,600 by
£50 annually)
24,652
25,452 (6)
Junior Clerical Service:
11
1
Class II, ($2,700 to $3.300 by $150 annually).
3,300
3,300
1
Class IV, ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100 annually).
1,800
1,800
:12
2
Office Attendants, (1 at $252 to $300 and 1 at $192
to $240 by $12 triennially)
468
470
(6)
1
1
Messenger ($156 to $204 by $12 triennially)
192
192
E-1-3-2 Allowances.
Office Attendants, and 1 Messenger, Rent Allowances
to 3 at $48 each
144
144
Carried forward
30,556
31,358
(1) 2nd instalment of a 3 year programme.
(2) Final part of a 3 year programme.
(3) Replacements.
(4) Retention money.
(5) Non-recurrent.
(6) Stipulated increments.
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