No.
18
• 1904
HONGKONG.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, FOR THE YEAR 1903.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, HONGKONG, March 28th, 1904.
.SIR,
I have the honour to forward you my Report upon the work of the Public Works Department during the year 1903.
The Honourable
A. M. THOMSON,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
I have, &c.,
W. CHATHAM,
Director of Public Works.
EXPENDITURE.
1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the
•Department, under the various headings, were as follows:-
AMOUNTS VOTED.
Actual Expenditure.
In Estimates.
Supplementary Votes.
Total.
(1.) Personal Emoluments and
Other Charges,
(2.) Annually Recurrent Works, (3.) Extraordinary Works,......
Total,
213,849.50 $ 481,500.00 911,000.00*
6,672.21 $ 220,521.71
190,121.12
103,050.00 183,058.36
584,530,00 1,094,058.36*
529,579.98
629,831.04†
$ 1,606,349.30 | $ 292,780.57 $1,899,130.07 $1,349,532.14
Detailed statements of items (2.) and (3.) are given in Appendices A. and B. Item (1.) shows a large increase (about $65,000 in the amount voted and $74,600 in the amount expended) over the corresponding item in 1902, but this is principally accounted for by the fact that Exchange Compensation was for the first time included in the Departmental Estimates and Expenditure instead of, as in former years, in the Vote for Miscellaneous Services." There were also however some additions to the Staff of the Department.
The principal increases in expenditure under item (2.) occurred in connection with the following:-
Drainage Works Miscellaneous, largely due to training
of nullahs,
Water Works Miscellaneous, principally caused by
reconstruction of aqueduct from Tytam West Catchwater and channel alongside catchwater for dry-weather flow of streams, .....
.$16,700
12,600
Miscellaneous Works,
13,600
Maintenance of Water Works, City and Hill District,
principally due to cleaning out Pokfulam Reservoir, pumping water from Tytam Tuk and additional pumping to High Levels,
15,000
*Exclusive of Vote for Government Piers in connection with Praya Reclamation Works, amounting to $20,000.
+ Exclusive of Expenditure on Praya Reclamation Works and Government Piers.