HONGKONG.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, FOR THE YEAR 1901.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.
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No. 1909
48
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 8th December, 1902.
SIR,
I have the honour to forward you my report upon the work of the Public Works Department during the year 1901. I regret that it should be so late, but the delay has been chiefly due to the special demands made upon my time during the current year by the visit of the Sanitary Experts, the measures which had to be devised to tide the Colony over the exceptional drought, and the preparation of new Building and Water Works Ordinances and Regulations. In addition to these, there have been several important matters of an exceptional nature under consider- ation, including the Praya East Reclamation Scheme, the resumption of the site for the new Post Office, estimates for schemes proposed by the Sanitary Experts, some important schemes for road improvements at Quarry Bay and Kowloon, etc.—all of which have combined to make the past year an exceptionally busy one.
I have the honour to be,
The Honourable
F. H. MAY, C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works.
EXPENDITURE,
1. The amounts voted, as compared with the actual expenditure by the Depart- ment, under the various headings, were as follows:-
(1.) Personal Emoluments and
Amount voted.
$124,906.00
Actual expenditure. $104,986.35
other Charges,
(2.) Annually Recurrent Works, including supplementary
370,654.09
318,299.63
votes,
(3.) Extraordinary Works, includ-
868,119.35
ing supplementary votes,
368,069.51
Total,
$1,363,679.44
$791,355.49
Detailed statements of items (2) and (3) are given in Appendices A. and B.