521
47. Improvement of Gas Lighting, City of Victoria.-Altogether 107 lamps have now been fitted. with incandescent burners in various districts of the City. Existing lamps are being moved and new lamps erected so as to bring the lighting of the City in accordance with the suggestions contained. in the Report on this subject.
48. Raising Praya Wall, Shektong tsui.-The work in connection with raising the level of the Praya Wall opposite Marine Lots Nos. 126 and 177 to 188 has been completed. The consequent raising of the adjoining roadway still remains to be done.
49. Jubilee Celebrations.--Numerous public buildings and structures, including the Clock Tower, Queen's Statue, Government House, Central Market, Queen's College and Tsimshatsui Police Station were illuminated on the night of the 22nd June, About 9,000 lanterns and 4,000 glass lamps, besides 1,325 incandescent electric lights, were utilized for the purpose.
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Stones to mark the commencement of the "Victoria Hospital and "Victoria · Road " were successfully laid by His Excellency the Governor on the 23rd June in connection with the works to be undertaken by the Colony in commemoration of Her Majesty's completing the sixtieth year of Her reign.
50. Plague Account.-Practically the only expenditure incurred by this Department under this head has been for the erection of two matsheds in the Taipingshan Resumed Area to accommodate the. occupants of houses in which cases of plague had occurred whilst the disinfection of the premises was in
progress.
EXPENDITURE.
51. The expenditure for the half-year will be found in a tabular form in Appendices B and C. 52. Mr. COOPER, Director of Public Works, having been appointed to Ceylon, left the Colony on the 6th May, when took over the duties of the acting appointment pending the arrival of Mr. R. D. ORMSBY to succeed Mr. COOPER.
I have the honour to be,
The Honourable
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
W. CHATHAM,
Acting Director of Public Works.
Appendix A.
CITY OF VICTORIA WATERWORKS, 1897.
Pokfulam.
Tytam.
Month.
Tunnel.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
January, February,
56,695,000 17,757,000 | 341,000,000 46,615,000 16,038,000 315,087,000
March,
April,
In reservoir Discharged In reservoir Discharged
1st of the
into
1st of the
into month.
month. Tunnel.
gallons. gallons. gallons.
50,879.000. 8,360,000 76,996,000 46,340,000 4,279,000 66,657,000 38,398.000 17,757,000 264,488,000 60,513,000 1,598,000 79,868,000 24,509,000
Collected from streams intercepted by conduits,
Total Con- sumption.
Blue-Pool and Mint Dam.
Rainfall.
Remarks.
gallons. inches.
4,210,000 2.26
3,919,000 1.82
6,366,000 .82
May,
June,
9.450,000 237,000,000 63,881,000. 2,905,000 76,236,000 20,079,000 24,617,000 229,200,000 45,061,000 21,132,000 90,810,000 (3.343,000 29,445,000 306,083,000 39,934,000, 26,157,000 95,536,000
115,064,000
5,976,000 3.24
6,710.000 14.86
5,053,000 23.35
306,608,000 64,431,000 | 486,103,000
31,234,000