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(iii) Drain Connections and other small items,
(completed),
1913 Estimates,.. $5,000.00 1913 Expenditure,.. $2,145.51 $12.60144. Improvement of Ap Liu Village.-Considerable difficulty was experienced in coming to terms with the villagers for the removal and, in some cases, the re-erection of their buildings and, for this reason, a sum of only $3,592.00 was expended. This amount represented the compensation for land and buildings paid to the villagers who were reasonable in their demands. As however a sum of $3,744.15, which had been drawn but not disbursed during 1912, was refunded to the credit of the vote during 1913, the vote in the 1913 Estimates was not drawn upon, a credit balance of $152.15 being added to it as the result of the refund.
1913 Estimates, $10,500.00 1913 Expenditure, $3,592.00 Less refund of amount drawn but not expended in 1912, 3,744.15 Cr. Balance, 31/12/13, 152.15 Cr. Total Estimates, -$10,652.15 Expenditure to 31/12/13, $33,600.00 23,212.28145. Tai Po Fish Pond-Raising level. This work was completed in 1912, the only expenditure being the payment of a balance due under the contract.
Total Estimates,. $2,300.00 1913 Estimates, $400.00 1913 Expenditure,...... 128.67 Expenditure to 31/12/13, 2,128.67146. Shamshuipo- Reclamation Scheme to provide sites for lessees dislodged from old village. The contract let to Mr. Li Hing in May, 1912, for the reclamation of an area of 5'03 acres was completed in December at a cost of $20,898.80. The work consisted merely of filling in with earth the area already mentioned and protecting the same on the north-west side with a rubble mound and pitched slope. The new area adjoins on its north-east side the area filled in in connection with the improvement of Ap Liu Village.
Very satisfactory progress was made with the second contract, which was let to the Po Yick Co. in November, 1912, for the reclamation of an area of 4'64 acres adjoining that already mentioned. By the end of the year, 110,000 cubic yards of filling-in had been deposited and 19,000 cubic yards of rubble had been placed in position to form the protecting mound on the north-west side. The sea wall, 405 feet in length, protecting the reclamation on the south-west side, was completed.