501
78. Blake Pier Shelter.-A requisition for the ironwork, accompanied by drawings, was forwarded to the Crown Agents in August but their Consulting Engineer considered it advisable to modify the design considerably in order to adapt it to Makers' practice. entailed further reference to the Colony thus causing delay in the placing of the order.
This
79. Resuming and Filling in Fish Pond at Tai Po.-The area covered by the pond was resumed early in the year for a sum of $1,600.00, the negotiations with the lessees being conducted by the Assistant Land Officer for the Northern District of the New Terri- tories. The Government however decided to postpone the work of reclamation and it was not until October that sanction was given for it to be proceeded with. A contract was then let to a local contractor and a good start had been made with the work before the close of the year.
80. Miscellaneous Works.-The following are the principal items of expenditure under this heading, representing in some cases only a part of the cost of the works in consequence of their execution extending over more than one year :-
Constructing enclosures on the Praya for reception of City
Refuse prior to its removal out to sea,
$2,759
Lighthouse Pier, Green Island-Extension,....
2,148
No. 7 Police Station-Alterations and Additions,
1,972
Quarantine Station for Dogs at Kennedy Town, in substitution'
for the one near Hunghom demolished on account of the Railway Works,.....
1,967
Old Western Market-Alterations,
1,944
Kimberley Road Diversion,..
1,810
Ricksha Shelter adjoining Star Ferry Pier, Kowloon,
1,497
Government House --Miscellaneous small works,
1,394
Improvements at Tai Hang and Wongneicheong Villages,
1,373
Wanchai School-Play-shed, &c.,..
1,309
Landing Steps on Praya near the end of Queen's Road West, Storm Signals-Apparatus for display of same at out-lying
Stations,
1,281
1,175
Matshed at Tai Po for accommodation of Public Works Depart-
ment Officers,
Granite Paving Experiments-Laying portion of Queen's Road West with squared granite blocks, 9" wide, 4" deep and from 12" to 18" long,
1,010
Contribution towards construction of road to R.B.L. 120 on account of its affording access to Mount Gough Service Re- servoir,
Yaumati Police Station-Enclosing verandah and constructing
additional cells,
Volunteer Reserve Association-Constructing 600 yards firing
point in the King's Park and 800 yards do, at the Peak, Filling in sites adjoining K.I.L. 1104 for squatters removed from
K.I.L. 1203.
Government Civil Hospital-Providing tiled dado for hospital
lavatory and constructing ricksha shelter at Staff Quarters, . Beacon to mark rocks at entrance to Tide Cove, Mirs Bay, Queen's Coll ge-Laboratory for Evening Continuation Classes,... General Post Office -- Alterations and installation of exhaust fan, Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters, Green Island-Additional room,. Sai Kung Police Station-Siuking well, improving drainage, &c.,. Ping Shan Police Station-Improving drainage and repairing path, Public Works Department Store, Wanchai--Concreting áreas for
storage purposes and erecting matsheds,...... New Western Market-Sundry alterations to fish stalls, &c,. Shatin Police Station-New cells,.......
New Harbour Office-Alterations to Junk Office, &c., Resumption of Taxlord Lot No. 63, S. D. 51, near Fan Ling, Terracing, &c, to form cemetery near Sai Tso Wan Quarries,
Kowloon Bay,......
696
695
660
621
562
558
500
464
* A sum of $3,375 was paid by the owners of Kowloon Inland Lots 533, 534, 535, 541, 542 an1 541 for this work as it resulte
in an improvement of their property as well as of Kimberley Road.
1,004
1,000
981
943
924
919
847
818
805
760
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