542
18. Maintenance of Buildings, New Territory.-In the case of the New Territory Build-- ings, the following are those which entailed considerable expenditure :-
Cheung Chau Police Station-Repairs to roof, &c, Ping Shan Police Station-Colourwashing, &c.,
$2,149
922
Sham Shui Po Police Station-General repairs, painting, &c.,. Kowloon City Police Station-General repairs, painting, &c., Cap Sui Mun Old Customs Station-Re-building portion of old
temple,
859
832
594
Au Tau Police Station--General repairs, painting, &c.,...........
417
19. Maintenance of Lighthouses.-The following sums were expended upon the various lighthouses :-
Gap Rock,
Waglan,
$ 1,820 1,348
461
Green Island,
Cape Collinson,
283
All these structures were maintained in good condition, some special repairs being rendered necessary in the case of Gap Rock Lighthouse owing to the damage done by the typhoon of the 31st August. On that occasion the seas broke over the lighthouse and quarters, injuring one of the glass panes in the light tower, displacing railings and seriously injuring the derricks at both landing places.
The light apparatus (a First Order one), which had been allowed to remain at Cape D'Aguilar after the lighthouse there was thrown out of service on account of the establish- ment of one on Waglan Island, was transferred to Green Island where a new and suitable tower had been built to receive it. In carrying out the transfer, the light was converted into an occulting one by fitting it with special apparatus obtained froin Messrs. CHANCE BROTHERS, the well-known makers of lighthouse apparatus. Everything was in readiness for starting the new light on the first January, 1906.
20. Maintenance of Clock Tower.-There is nothing special to record under this heading.
21. Gas Lighting, City and Hill District.—The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City was 943-an increase of 2 over the previous year-and in the Hill District, the general lighting of which has now to be recorded for the first time, 106. The lighting of the Military Cantonment by 15 lamps remained on the same footing as formerly.
22. Electric Lighting, City.-No alteration has been made in the number of lamps which remains at 75.
23. Gas Lighting, Kowloon.-The total number of lamps in use at the close of the year was 224, an increase of 22 over the previous year. This is almost entirely due to develop- ments at Kowloon Point and the laying out of new thoroughfares there.
24. Electric Lighting, Kowloon.-For lighting the new 100-foot main thoroughfare. between Hunghom and Yaumati, known as Gascoigne Road, 22 incandescent electric lamps were erected-21 of 16 and 1 of 32 candle-power. The current is supplied by the China Light and Power Co., at an annual cost of $883.20, which includes the maintenance of the lamps themselves. In the absence of a vote for electric lighting, the expenditure was charged against "Gas Lighting, Kowloon ".
25. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City.-Disturbance of the roads was again of extensive occurrence, due this time to the laying of Rider Mains throughout the Central and Western Districts to enable the water supply to be regulated during periods of short supply, the running of underground cables by the Telephone Co., to take the place of their overhead wires along the main routes, followed in turn by the Electric Co., who are also substituting underground cables for certain of their overhead wires. The Gas Co. also laid