ROUGH ESTIMATE OF COSTS OF MATERIALS FOR HONG KONG RECONSTRUCTION.
SERVICES BUILDINGS
TOTAL
TABLE “C”,
Sheet 2.
REPAIR
REBUILDING
REPAIR
REBUILDING
MATERIALS
UNITS
No. of
Units
Cost
March 1946
No. of
Units
Cost
March 1946
No. of
Units
Cost
March 1946
Cost
1941
No. of
Units
Cost
March 1946
Cost
1941
Cement
Tons
2,500
$ 625,000
6,400
$1,600,000
13,230
$ 3,320,000
$ 1,200,000
50,570
$12,650,000
$ 4,550,000
Mild Steel
30
15,000
45.
22,000
2,340
1,170,000
468,000 14,850
7,400,000
2,970,000
Teak
800
800,000
1,000
1,000,000
13,100
13,100,000
3,280,000 13,550
13,550,000
3,380,000
Hardwood
800
480,000
1,000
600,000
5,610
3,360,000
560,000 7,270
4,360,000
727,000
Fir Poles
100 pcs.
820
820,000
164,000
820
820,000
164,000
Bricks
1000
""
1,600
240,000 6,900
1,040,000
5,080
762,000
104,000 108,140
16,200,000
2,080,000
Tiles
150
9,000
240
15,000
22,670
1,360,000
340,000 38,100
2,290,000
570,000
29
Lime
Tons
1,750
210,000 1,000
120,000
11,810
1,420,000
177,000 60,970
7,300,000
915,000
Glass
100 sq. ft.
900
54,000
400
24,000 16,160
970,000
243,000 11,810
710,000
178,000
3
Elect. Wire
***
100 yards
800
240,000
730
219,000
6,510
1,953,000
Elect. Points
100 Nos.
50
75,000
67
100,000
1,244
1,865,000
390,000
250,000 1,225
7,130
2,139,000
428,000
1,840,000
245,000
Baths
Nos.
400
160,000
64
26,000
1,900
760,000
300,000
950
380,000
150,000
Wash Basins
520
83,000
200
32,000
2,740
440,000
140,000 1,925
310,000
96,000
J
Water Closets
520
104,000
160
32,000
7,880
1,576,000
Sinks
375
37,000
174
17,000
2,105
210,000
472,000
105,000 1,169
10,095
2,020,000
606,000
117,000
59,000
Cisterns
520
156,000
160
48,000
3,590
1,180,000
360,000 2,920
880,000
292,000
*
Pumps
3,070
1,850,000
614,000 2,760
1,660,000
552,000
"G.I. Pipe
100 ft.
80
7,000
280
25,000
3,212
290,000
113,000
2,640
238,000
93,000
”
160
19,000
120
15,000
2,092
250,000
94,000
2,380
286,000
116,000
""
""
1"
160
24,000
120
18,000
2,102
315,000
136,000 2,380
357,000
155,000
93
};
""
160
48,000
170
51,000
2,102
630,000
""
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Misc. (15%)
X
X
514,000
X
796,000
X
4,759,000
252,000
1,438,000
2,430
X
730,000
292,000
10,103,000
2,782,000
TOTALS
$3,900,000
$5,800,000
$42,360,000 $11,200,000
$86,340,000
$21,400,000
Hong Kong, 30th March, 1946.
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