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Table II,-Continued.
COMPARISON OF PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT EXPENDITURE 1937-1938.
PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT.
1937
$
$
1938
Brought forward
1,136,426.80
1,137,882.38
Stores Depreciation
93.09
Boundary Stones
4,537.30
1,825.45
Survey of Colony
2,089.84
3,287.70
Maintenance of Vehicles Ferry Pier at Jubilee Street
8,628.01
9,497.84
KOWLOON.
8:--Buildings.
Maintenance of Buildings.
Improvements to Buildings
45,903.84
47,024.21
5,039.00
9,953.43
9: Communications.
Roads and Bridges (Maintenance and Improvements)
49,228.88
66,991.66
Maintenance of Telephones
2,509.08
3,453.77
10:-Drainage.
Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.
7,246.50
8,306.53
11:-Lighting.
Street Lighting
72,255.51
78,251.64
12:-Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages.
Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages
29,268.21
26,803.48
13: Water Works.
Maintenance of Water Works
79,619.39
82,171.24
Water Meters, upkeep and repairs
19,181.65
39,541.19
Carried Forward
1,462,027.10
1,514,990.52
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