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5. I would also point out that acting appointments are not open to me as they are to officers in other departments, and the opportunities of promotion are limit- ed.
6. In conclusion, I would quote a statement which Sir GEORGE O'BRIEN placed on record regarding me before he left the Colony (C.S.O.946/1894), having had occasion to frequently consult me as Acting Director of Public Works during the absence of the Honourable F. A. COOPER :— . . . "I have found him not only willing to be of every assistance in his power, but prompt, painstaking, with a clear apprehension of points at issue, and generally satisfactory. Of his professional quali- fications and value, in a technical sense, I am of course incompetent to judge, but Mr. COOPER has a good opinion of them.”
I have, etc.,
(Sd.), W. CHATHAM.
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.
STATEMENT OF WORKS EXECUTED UNDER MY SUPERVISION DURING
SIX YEARS (1890-96).
Works Completed.
Estimated
Actual
cost.
cost.
Central Market,...........
$270,000
$260,560
Slaughter-House and Sheep and Pig Depôts,..........
96,500
95,823
Civil Hospital, Staff Quarters,
66,000
66,000
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Coolie Quarters,
7,000
6,373
Albany Nullah and Branches,
38,000
31,131
New Road, etc., Kennedy Road Sites,............
15,000
10,423
Public Laundries;
25,000
21,353
Lunatic Asylum for Chinese,
20,000
18,697
Quarters and Offices for Supdt., B. & A. Dept.,...........
20,100
19,093.
Police Station, Aberdeen,..
27,500
27,500
Do.
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Quarry Bay,...
7,000
6,173
Cattle Depôt Extension,
10,000
10,000
Slaughter-House, Kowloon,
6,500
6,500
District School, Saiyingpoon,
10,000
6,962
Timber Pier, Stonecutter's Island, ...........................................
6,328
5,050
Cattle Depôt, Kowloon,
7,500
7,500
Miscellaneous minor works, .....
22,687
Works in Progress.
Expenditure to date.
Gaol Extension,
Water Supply, Kowloon Peninsulą, Tytam Waterworks Extension,
Total expenditure (six years),.............................
55,200
110,000
44,380
$831,405
(Sd.), W. CHATHAM,
Executive Engineer,
Public Works Department,