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No. 12.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH JANUARY, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Public Works for the Month ended 31st December, 1880, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th January, 1881.
FREDERICK STewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
RETURN OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE MONTH ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1880.
Description of
Date of Original Order for Commence- ment of
Completion Commence-
of Estimate for
ment of Works.
Present Condition of
Amount Expended
of Estimate. Date.
to
Balance Remaining.
WORKS & BUILDINGS.
2.-Repairs to Buildings,
Governt House- white-washing walls and repairing fire place in Guard Room; providing tables for, and fixing ranges in Cook- house,
Incidental services under $50 each.
Central Police Station-cleaning
drains and chunaming floor of cell Compound. Civil Hospi- tal-repairing floors and block- ing up gateway, &c. Gardener's Quarters-changing fire grates. Post Office-lime-whiting, tar- ring and altering servants' urinals, &c.,...
Building new retaining wall at Government School, Shau-ki- wán village,
3.-Maintenance of Water Works,
Incidental repairs to water fit- tings in Government Buildings; cleaning out sand and stones, &c., from water tanks, water sources and dams during the month of December,.
ROADS, STREETS & BRIDGES.
Re-making Streets in T'ai-p'ing-shán,
Se.
Repairs to Upper Lascar Row,. 13.-Road & Street Contingencies,.
Incidental repairs to Water Lane
and other streets in the City,... § 16.-Watering Streets,.
Supplying manual labour for
watering streets in the City, ...) Praya Works, Piers & Landing Steps, New Timber Wharf, bottom of
Pottinger Street,
New Timber Landing Steps in front of Central Market and White's Lane,.. Repairs to Stone Landing Pier
and Steps bottom of Ship Street, Repairs to Praya Wall, Landing Steps, &c., between the Re- clamation Ground and Great George Street,
$
$
12,000
Nil.
12,000
10th Nov., 6th Dec.,
6th Dec., Completed,
1st Dec. to 31st Dec., Completed,
11th Dec., 18th Dec., 18th Dec., In progress,
5,000
Nil.
5,000
Completed,
9th Nov., 16th Oct., | 10th Nov., Completed,
1st Dec. to 31st Dec., Completed,
1st Dec. to 31st Dec., Completed,
2nd Sept., 6th Sept., | 6th Sept., | completed,
25th Sept., 25th Sept., 25th Sept., completed,
26th Aug., 26th Aug., 26th Aug., Completed,
11th Dec., 13th Dec., 13th Dec., In progress,
The cost of this work was paid out
of last year's Estimate. 6,000 Nil.
6,000
220
Nil.
220
19,500
7,180
12,320
Hongkong, 6th January, 1881.
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