Q 64
Table II.
Comparison of Public Works Recurrent Expenditure 1936-1937.
1936
1937
PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT.
$
HONG KONG.
1:-Buildings.
Maintenance of Buildings
$
92,224.14
199,321.15
Improvements to Buildings
11,044.26
11,591.65
2:-Communications.
Roads and Bridges in City (Maintenance and Improvements)
39,080.19
68,493.34
Roads and Bridges outside City (Maintenance and Improvements).
Maintenance of Telephones including all Cables
34,121.15
57,268.22
8,177.44
10,710.28
3:-Drainage.
Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.
17,303.63
21,673.23
4:-Lighting.
Street Lighting
$107,599.20
192,322.06
80,139.35
5:-Typhoon & Rainstorm Damages.
Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages
96,527.62
215,993.81
6:-Water Works.
Maintenance of City and Hill District.
Maintenance of Village Supplies:
229,900.79
244,257.41
3,765.29
Water Meters, upkeep and repairs
5,550.88
46,927.64
64,274.34
7:—Miscellaneous.
Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers
Maintenance of Public Cemetery
Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries...
Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds
10,470.80
16,417.62
4,935.92
937.93
3,899.38
3,992.25
Dredging Foreshores
1,880.68
23,862.82
Stores Depreciation
1,924.54
21,698.09
55.05
93.09
Boundary Stones
2,969.61
4,537.30
Survey of Colony
1,519.03
2,089.84
Bathing Places
2,128.15
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Maintenance of Vehicles
Ferry Pier at Jubilee Street
8,628.01
14,961.91
KOWLOON.
8:-Buildings.
Maintenance of Buildings
Improvements to Buildings
28,509.46
45,903.84
3,788.84
5,039.00
Carried forward
$861,792.35
$1,202,717.88