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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 15, 1937.
2. That this Council approves of the expenditure during the financial year 1937 under Head 2 (b) (3) of the Loan Works authorised under Ordin- ance No. 11 of 1934 (Shing Mun Valley Water Schemes-Second Section -Gorge Dam) of a total net sum of $337,769.28, which sum shall be met by advances from the surplus balances of the Colony, pending the issue of the remainder of the Loan authorised under the said Ordinance.
3. That this Council approves of the expenditure during the financial year 1938 on the various items of Loan Works authorised under Ordinance No. 11 of 1934, as specified below, of a sum of $815,577.21, which sum shall be met by advances from the surplus balances of the Colony pend- ing the issue of the remainder of the Loan authorised under the said Ordinance.
Item 4. New Gaol at Stanley Item 6. Airport:—
...S
60,000.00
(b) Airport and Seaplane Slipway (c) Wireless Telegraph Station ...
17,000.00
55,727.21
Item 8. Other Public Works:-
(a) Central Market
669,000.00
(b) Wholesale Market
13,850.00
$ 815,577.21
4. That this Council approves the carrying out of the works set out in the
Schedule below, at an estimated total cost of $3,396,000, and of the expenditure in the financial years 1937 and 1938 of the sums set out in Columns 3 and 4 of the Schedule, the cost to be met from a future loan and meanwhile to be charged as advances from the surplus balances of the Colony pending the raising of a loan.
Works.
Head 1-New Markets :
SCHEDULE.
Estimated Cost.
Estimated Estimated Expendi- Expendi- ture 1937. ture 1938.
(a) Central Market
$211,000
51,000
Head 2-Water Works :-
(a) Supply to Albany (b) Supply to Peak Road
130,000
40,000
90.000
90,000
10,000
80,000
(e) Cross Harbour Pipe (d) Rapid Gravity Filters
Eastern
800,000
40,000
760,000
300,000
15,000
(e) Kowloon Chai Service
Reservoir
240,000
20,000
180,000
Supply main to Kowloon
Chai Service Reservoir.
250,000
200,000
() Distribution Island (k) Distribution Mainland (1) Shing Muu Valley
Scheme Catchwater
100 000
5,000
30,000
75,000
5,000
25,000
1,200,000
50,000
350,000
3,185,000
Total
$3,396,000 170,000 1,781,000
Part cost: total cost is $800,000 of which $689,000 is chargeable to 1984 Loan.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.