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Head 61-PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT
Estimate 1960-61
€
Approved Estimate 1959-60
Buildings
123
1
Alterations and additions to buildings
800,000
800,000
2
Maintenance of buildings
3
Maintenance of lighthouses
6,000,000 | a 30,000
5,500,000
30,000
Crown Lands and Surveys
4 Maintenance of boundary and survey marks
5 Maintenance of Crown land.....
Drainage
8,000
8,000
1,000
1,000
6 Maintenance and replacement of sewers and storm-water drains... 1,700,000
1,700,000
Electrical and Mechanical
7
Operation and maintenance of plant and equipment :-
(1) Vehicular and mechanical
$
1,200,000
(2) Electrical
600,000
(3) Air-conditioning and refrigerating
.$
200,000
2,000,000 a
1,500,000
8 Replacements of, and minor improvements to air-conditioning
plants and units
400,000 | 7
310,000
Port Works
9 Dredging and underwater clearance
10 Maintenance of sea walls, piers and dumps
Quarries
11 Operation of quarries
Roads
40,000
40,000
230,000
230,000
3,000,000 a
2,500,000
12
Kai Tak airport.
14
13 Lighting of streets and public places......
Maintenance :---
150,000 a 2,400,000 a
80,000
2,200,000
(1) Approaches to Government buildings ......$ (2) Footpaths and drainage connections..
110,000
a
80,000
430,000
(3) Roads and bridges
4,500,000
a
430,000 3,000,000
(4) Street name plates
18,000
20,000
5,058,000
Waterworks
15
Fire hydrants
100,000 a
50,000
16 Maintenance of irrigation works in the New Territories 17 Replacement and minor extensions of distribution mains. 18 Salt water mains
150,000 a
100,000
2,000,000 a
1,450,000
20,000
20,000
19
Water meters
1,000,000 a
900,000
20
Waterworks, supply and maintenance :—
(1) Distribution
1,225,000
a
1,025,000
(2) Filtration
900,000
a
850,000
(3) Headworks
315,000
b
785,000
(4) Maintenance of mechanical plant, workshop
and meters
190,000
a
170,000
(5) Pumping
2,800,000
2,050,000
(6) Works for consumers on fee account
120,000
120,000
5,550,000
Miscellaneous
21 Domestic and office appliances....
850,000 a
585,000
23
22 Inspection of Government land boilers and pressure vessels
Maintenance and extension of cemeteries..
16,000
16,000
510,000 a
350,000
24 Preliminary investigations
50,000 e
20,000
25 Typhoon and rain-storm damage and emergency repairs
26 Works executed on private account....
250,000 | e
250,000
3,400,000 fn
3,800,000
Total, Recurrent Expenditure
35,713,000
30,970,000
Subhead 26 Offset by equivalent revenue.