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Resident Engineer to Surveyor General.
The Honourable THE SURVEYOR GENERAL.
In reply to your memo, received this day I forward herewith a copy of the Tabular Statement forwarded to the Colonial Secretary on the 22nd ultimo. Columns 1 and 3 give the information you ask so far as I am able to do so.
I have no return of the amount expended under the heading Main Drainage and Sanitary last year nor have I any information respecting the estimate of of $1,500,000.
(Copy.)
FRANCIS A. COOPER.
WATER AND DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT.
Public Works Annually Recurrent Expenditure.
Maintenance of Water Works,
Maintenance of Sewers,.
Total,.
Approved Estimate for 1890.
Estimate for
1891.
$
8,000
10,000
2,000
8,000
12,000
Public Works Extraordinary.
Estimated Total Cost.
Amount Estimated actually expended up to 30th June, 1890.
to be spent
up to 31st
Estimated to be spent
in
December, 1890.
1891.
New Water Mains and Distributary System of
Victoria Water Works,.
200,000
37,000 87,000
76,000
Peak Water-supply,....
27,000
20,000
7,000
Sewerage of Victoria,
282,500
2,000*
40,000*
80,000
Sewerage of Hunghom, (Kowloon),
10,000
10,000
Sewerage of Yaumati, (Kowloon),.
13,000
13,000
Water-supply of Kowloon Peninsula,
Miscellaneous Minor Works,
180,000
1,050
3,000
10,000
Total Public Works Extraordinary,
712,500 40,050 147,000
199,000
*Spent under authority of Vote for Main Drainage and Sanitary, to which many other minor works have been charged in 1890.
The sum of $200,000 is the estimated cost of completing the Distribution System of Victoria from the condition in which I found them in 1889 according to plans prepared by me and approved by Government.
The sum of $37,000 was expended between 31st January, 1890, and 30th June, 1890.
19.8.90.
O. C.