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No. 1917
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HONGKONG.
KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION.
REPORT ON COMPLETION OF BUILDING.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency
the Governor, February 22nd, 1917.
The building was completed and opened for public traffic on the morning of the 28th March, 1916.
The offices on the first floor were not occupied until the 18th of April owing to causes apart from the question of completion.
Kang On's Contract which was for work to the amount of $173,847, to be com- pleted in two years from 1st March, 1914, actually amounted to a total of $172,385.63 which included extras for work not shown, or not scheduled by the Architect, or altera- tions to details for which no prices were provided in the schedule, to the amount of $12,851.89.
The reasons for the completion of the Contract being 27 days overdue were fully stated in my report for 31st December, 1915.
The platforms and the foundations for the building which were done departmentally, cost $53,681.54 against an Original Sanction of $53,960.89.
The Original Sanctioned amount for the Building, apart from foundations, was $250,000, of which the work specified by the Architect was estimated at $202,103.34 including the Clock and Bell.
The total expenditure up to the end of this year (exclusive of foundations) is $249,142.04 which amount after including Kang On's Contract provided for such items as all the steelwork in the building, iron railings, collapsible gates, iron lantern lights, sanitary fittings, pipes and sewers, brass door and window furniture, electric wiring, lighting, and lights, telephone installation (3 systems), safes, strongroom door, lightning conductors, 22 electric clocks, public seats, drinking fountain, the water supply and piping, asphalting to flat roofs, all the glazed and flooring tiles, patent flooring to various ground floor rooms, temporary arrangements and moving into new building, Public Works Department's debits for road approach, extra accommodation for customs, etc., etc.
The Accounts for the construction of the Building have now been closed and all work contemplated in connection with the vote has been completed with exception of the clock and bell for the clock tower.
ROBERT BAKER, Engineer of Ways and Works.
H. P. WINSLOW,
Manager, Railway.