HONGKONG.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR 1900.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His
Excellency the Governor.
325
No. 16
1901
1. The sums voted for the Expenditure of the Public Works Department in the year 1900 (exclud- ing expenditure on the Praya Reclamation dealt with separately) were as follows, with the actual expenditure under each head shewn in Column 2:-
Public Works Department--Personal Emoluments
and other Charges,.
Expenditure.
* $ 90,411.61
Annually Recurrent, charged to Revenue, .. Annually Recurrent, charged to Water Account,...... 19,700.00 Public Works Extraordinary, charged to General
.$91,402.00 187,500.00
173.030.77
18,765.41
Revenue,
164,600.00
132,198.13
Public Works Extraordinary, charged to Water
Account,
73,000.00
37.799.82
Public Works Extraordinary, charged to Loan,......
73,500.00
47,978.65
Erection of a Chair Shelter at the leak, as per Finan-
cial Minute No. 1,
4,300 00
3,400.00
Re-vote of Balance of Vote for Works in the New
Territory, Financial Minute No. 3,
18,525,52
18,525.52
Re-vote of Votes for
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a. Public Works Department Store, Fin-
ancial Minute No. 4,.
4,064.86
3,908.82
6. Public Latrines, Financial Minute No. 4,
5,000.00
2,290.65
e. City of Victoria and Hill District Water
Works, Financial Minute No. 4,
19,637.26
12,028.42
d. Pokfulam Conduit Road, Financial Mi-
nute No. 4,
3,768.7!
3,715..2
Storm Water Nullah at Yaumati, Financial Minute
No. 5,
8,200.00
6,936.68
Expenses in the New Territory, Financial Minute No.
7,000.00
6,390.72
Telephone Line in the New Territory, Financial Mi-
nute No. 8,
1,000.00
852.21
Supplementary Vote for Taipo Road, Financial Mi-
nute No. 10,...............
50,000.00
30,755.17
Maintenance of Roads in the New Territory, Financial
Minute No. 11,
1.050.00
904.00
Rifle Range for Hongkong Volunteer Corps in Soo-
kunpo Valley. Financial Minute No. 16,
3,201.40
3,201.40
Road from Upper Tram Station to High West, Finan-
cial Minute No. 20,.....
6,050.00
991.01
Completion of Improvement. Wong-nei-chung Recrea-
tion Ground. Financial Minute No. 20......
15.897.00
12,764.90
Forward,..
* Exclusive of Crown Agents' accounts for Salaries paid in England of Officers on leave.
$757,396.78
$606,849.61