169
Aberdeen Police Station--Doing up buildings, Kowloon British School-Doing up internally and fixing
desks, &c.........
.$ 550
524
Green Island Signal Station-Doing up building and
general repairs,
462
General Post Office-Colour-washing, &c.,
458
Staff Quarters, Government Civil Hospital-Partly doing up building, providing screens, half-doors, &c., Mount Gough Police Station-Repairing roof and doing
up buildings,.
442
431
Aberdeen School-Doing up building,
420
No. 1 Police Station-Doing up buildings and fixing stove, 416
18. Maintenance of Buildings, New Territory.-In the case of the New Terri- tory buildings, the following are those which entailed considerable expenditure:--
Sai Kung Police Station-Surfacing pathway with con-
crete, &c........ Kowloon City do.
.$1,229
-Doing up buildings,
989
Au Tau
do.
Do.,
920
Ping Shan
do.
Do.,
912
Sha Tin
do.
Repairing roof, matshed, &c.,
582
Yung Shi Wan do.
-Doing up buildings,
513
673
617
Cheung Chau
do. -New floors, &c.,.
517
517
Lai Chi Kok old Customs Station-General repairs, Sha Tau Kok Police Station-Doing up buildings,
Tai Po
do. -Doing up buildings, &c.,
19. Maintenance of Telegraphs.-A direct telephone line was run from Victoria Gaol to Belilios Reformatory on account of the latter being converted into a branch prison, and communication was established between the Government Exchange at the Central Police Station and the following places:-Victoria Hospital, the Princi- pal Civil Medical Officer's residence at the Peak and the Bacteriologist's residence at Castle Road. The work of moving the lines running in the direction of Kowloon City, so as to bring them alongside the main road, was proceeded with.
Considerable trouble was experienced with the cables crossing the Harbour. The one to the Observatory was fouled by a ship's anchor and broken and, after being repaired, was found to be still in an unsatisfactory condition. As the result of an examination and tests, it was condemned, taken up and sold, and arrangements were made with the Joint Telegraph Companies for the use of one of their cables pending the laying of a new one, which was ordered from England. The service through the Police cable having been interrupted, an inspection showed that it had been cut near North Point and a portion of it stolen. The two ends having been recovered, a new length of cable was spliced in and the service has since been satisfactorily maintained.
20. Maintenance of Telegraphs in New Territory.—The principal item of work under this heading was the construction of a line from the Water Police Station at Tsim Sha Tsui Point to cai Kung Police Station, thus bringing the latter into tele- phonic communication with the Exchange at the Central Police Station.
21. Maintenance of Public Cemetery. The Cemetery was maintained in good order with the exception of a few places where landslips occurred during heavy rainstorms, causing damage to several monuments, The work of reinstating these was undertaken. Permits to the number of 86 were issued for the erection or repair of monuments. In December, the care of the Cemetery grounds was handed over to the Botanical and Afforestation Department.
22. Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers.--The following were the principal works defrayed out of this vote :—
Tsim Sha Tsui Pier-Repairs,
$1,085
Blake Pier-Cleaning and painting and erecting matshed
shelter,.
852
Fuk Tsun Heung --Repairing sea-wall and pier, Yaumati-Rebuilding sea-wall adjoining Kowloon
Marine Lot 39,
851
787