227
Adjusting Western Boundary Wall of K.I.L. 617,... $666.00 Sheds and fish láns in Central Market,
655.18
Enclosing verandah, Superintendent's Quarters, Gov.
ernment Civil Hospital,
557.38
Enclosing verandah, Victoria Hospital,
447.24
Erecting light and hut at Cap-sui-muu,
400.00
Steps to Warders' Quarters, Victoria Gaol,.
306.71
Opium Searchers' Shed (unfinished),
300.00
Railings at Tsim-sha-tsui Police Station,..
242,99
Shed at Wanchai Store.....
237.70
Surfacing compound, Sai-ying-poon School,.
218.78
Washing slabs for Disinfecting Station, Caine Lane,.......
198.14
Presses in Record Room, Colonial Secretary's Office,
840.00
Shelves for records at Supreme Court,
652.05
Electric bells at Kowloon School,..
303.70
Repairing boat-slip, Tsim-sha-tsui,
262.00
Providing 11 new seats on upper roads,
253.00
Materials for Telephone to Harbour Master's residence,
236.64
3 new Gas lamps at the Peak,
235.20
The retaining wall behind the Tung Wah Hospital was completed in Novein- ber at a total cost of $6,136.84. The turf still remains to be put on the slope above the wall where the ground is very treacherous and friable and liable to slip. This will be undertaken in the Spring of next year.
Alteration and repairs to Bay View Police Station were necessitated on the buildings being again required for a Police Station,
Roads and Bridges.
26. (Item 10.) Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City.-There was much disturbance of the surfaces of roads throughout the City during the year due to the construction of the Electric Tramway and the laying of the cables for same: the laying of the cables by the Telegraph Company by way of Caine and Bonham Roads to Pokfulam Road; and the laying of cables by the Hongkong Electric Company by way of Macdonnell Road. Garden Road, Robinson Road and Conduit Roads. Some damage was caused by rainstorms; a
earth slips occurred chiefly on the upper roads. Damage is continually bei done to the roads by the carriage of heavy weights in trolleys provided with inadequate width of tyre; as these appear to be rapidly increasing in number, some legislation is needed on this point as the cost to Government from roads being cut up is considerable. The widening of Arsenal Street was completed as well as the portion of Queen's Road between City Hall and Arsenal Street. The two steam road-rollers were kept well employed, the roads being maintained generally in as good condition as the operations alluded to above permitted. Repairs to roads are now effected by this Department and charged to the Company or party breaking them up, thus insuring their better re-instatement, a percentage being charged for supervision.
27. (Item 11.) Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City.---The re- marks made in the preceding paragraph apply here also to a considerable extent. as the Electric Tramway was completed to Shaukiwan and the road made good afterwards. The Shaukiwan road was cleared for its full width, the ditches cleared out and some narrow places widene by the removal of earth and rocks, and all encroachments set back at the quarries. The application of granite macadam for surfacing the main roads was considerably extended. The remarks in the preceding paragraph as to roads being cut up by trolleys are particularly applicable here as so much of the roads' surface is not macadamised. The Jubilee and Pokfulam Roads suffering especially from this cause.
28. (Item 12.) Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Kowloon.-The application of granite macadam for surfacing the main roads was considerably ex- tended and the steam road-roller kept well employed. The roads generally were maintained in good condition. The iron work of Tsim-sha-tsui Bridge was painted and repaired and the roller path made level and true; owing to the abutments of the bridge baving sunk this was necessary.