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I here take the opportunity of correcting in red the Annual cost of lighting the additional lamps suggested in my two previous reports the figures previously given were the monthly cost in each case.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
H. P. TOOKER,
Acting Assistant Director of Public Works.
The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretary,
Appendix No. 13.
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, HONGKONG, 11th January, 1902.
Sir, I have the honour to submit the following report upon the gas lighting of Kowloon for the information of the Public Works Commission.
Kowloon was first lighted with gas in 1892 when lamps were fixed in the Public streets of Tsim Sha Tsui and Yaumati and subsequently in Hung Hom and Mongkok.
The total number of Public Street lamps in Kowloon at present is 167. The dis- tricts of Hung Hom, Yaumati and Mongkok have largely developed of late years. Land has been sold, houses built and streets laid out, so that while the older portions of Kowloon are sufficiently lighted at present the districts just mentioned require some further consideration in this respect. Afier careful inspection on the ground I think it would be desirable to erect 8 more lamps in Hung Hom, 17 in Yaumati and 18 in Mongkok, the cost of which would be as follows:-~
43 lamps at $50 ...
Annual cost of lighting..
.$2,150.00
... 1,393.20
I attach a plan A showing proposed positions of lamps.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
H. P. TOOKER,
Acting Assistan! Director of Public Works.
The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, C.M.G.,
Chairman, Public Works Commission.