Head 13. KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY
KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY,—Continued.
Brought forward
Approved Estimate, 1938.
€
$
710,716
Estimate, 1939.
#A
$
$
896,556
Special Expenditure.
Sub-heads:
34 Detached kitchens for Staff Quarters and Gang Huts 35 Electrical Equipments for Carriages
1,400
1,200
(1)
4,068
36 Four 40-ton Hydraulic Lifting and Traversing Jacks
2,034
38 Installation of Telephones at Level Crossings
Kowloon Station
37 Goods Wagons heavy repairs
39 Locomotive heavy repairs..
40 New Locomotive Staff Quarters at Hung Hom..
41 New Signal Post for Kowloon Station Yard
42 One all gear High Speed Column Drilling Machine
43 One set Neale Token Instruments as replacements
44 Rebuilding of Typewriters
45 Reconstruction of lean-to roofs and gantries of Goods Shed at
46 Re-railing part of Kowloon Station Yard
47 Sidewalk for Bridge No. 47
43 Tarpaulins
49 Two Calculating and Adding Machines
Improvements to north side of Kowloon Station
One Neale's Token Instrument
5,000
3,000
15,000
20,000
1,500
(2)
1,650
1,595
2,800
200
3,500
10,000
1,000
2,000
1,000
7,100
1,350
Additional Typewriter for Stores Office
Double Wire Signalling at Fanling Station
Reconditioning of two Coaches
One new Superheated Boiler for Class B Locomotive
Railbus for running a shuttle service between Fanling and
Taipo Market
Provision of fans in five 3rd Class Coaches
Two new Saloon Motor Cars......
Reinforced concrete road level crossings..
Total Special Expenditure
Total Kowloon-Canton Railway
Personal Emoluments.
Details of the foregoing.
E-1 GENERAL EXPENSES.
400
8,000
..
22,000
45,000
(3)
8,000
900
7,000
450
121,600
55,547
832,346
952,103
E-1-3 GENERAL MANAGER.
NUMBERS.
E-1-3-1 Salaries.
1938
1
1939
Manager and Chief Engineer, (£1,400 to £1,600 by
£50 annually)
25,452
25,600 (4)
Junior Clerical Service:
1
1
Class I, ($3,500 to $4.500 by $200 annually) Class II, ($2,700 to $3 300 by $150 annually) Class IV, ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100 annually)
3,700 (5)
3,300
(6)
1,800
1,800
2
Office Attendants, (1 at $252 to $300 and 1 at $192
to $240 by $12 triennially)
470
487
(4)
1
1
Messenger ($156 to $204 by $12 trienuially)
192
196
(4)
E-1-3-2 Allowances.
Office Attendants, and 1 Messenger, Rent Allowances
to 3 at $48 each
144
144
Carried forward
31,358
31,927
(1) Final part of a 3 year programme.
(2) Retention money.
(3) Non-recurrent.
(4) Stipulated increments.
(5) Promoted from Class II. (6) Promoted to Class I.
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