Table III.
PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT
Comparison of expenditure for 1938 and 1939, showing sub-departmental expenditure for 1939.
EXPENDITURE BY SUB DEPARTMENTS.
Item. 1938 Expenditure. Architectural Office. Crown Lands & Surveys Office. Buildings Ordinance Office. Electrical Office. Drainage Office. Port Works Office. Roads Office. Water Works Office. Total Expenditure 1939. A.-PUBLIC WORKS-GENERAL. 1. Buildings. 1. Maintenance of Buildings $315,462.14 275,180.03 36,897.86 29,324.64 309,512.45 2. Improvements to Buildings 35,694.65 11,191.10 296,618.93 3. Maintenance of Lighthouses 3,160.76 321,806.80 2. Communications. 1. Roads and Bridges (Maintenance and Improvements) 324,967.56 21,053.30 24,949.36 2. Maintenance of Telephones including all Cables 24,949.36 39,100.86 3. Drainage. 1. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs &c. 37,144.70 9,974.85 11,038.67 37,144.70 4. Lighting. 1. Street Lighting 297,315.44 1,118.82 312,783.67 313,902.49 5. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages. 1. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages 174,965.33 7,163.21 13,535.68 1,686.31 50,577.18 32,196.47 105,158.85 6. Miscellaneous. 1. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers 31,046.92 995.80 43,938.56 44,934.36 2. Maintenance of Public Cemetery 1,944.59 3. 72 4. 8,676.34 19 Chinese Cemeteries Public Recreation Grounds 4,908.01 7. Survey of Colony 5. Dredging Foreshores 6. Boundary Stones 8. Maintenance of Vehicles Ferry Piers at Jubilee Street and Jordan Road Total P.W.R. General 1,271,997.29 B.-WATER WORKS. 1. Maintenance. 1. Maintenance of Water Works 432,311.52 *37,885.20 106,859.74 2. Water Meters, Upkeep and repairs *10,822.38 12,054.24 3. Maintenance of Workshop 1,825.45 3,287.70 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages 322,706.55 2:- Renewals and Improvements Fund, Contribution to Total P.W.R. Water Works 677,022.96 7,253.48 3,035.08 10,288.63 2,883.81 All 2,241.80 7,253.48 5,918.89 53,841.14 59,502.27 17,993.74 143,303.60 20,285.54 1,279,887.52 1,912.04 354,959.75 90,737.96 356,871.79 90,737.96 2,481.00 650.07 2,481.00 650.07 1,970.11 6,209.86 1,970.11 7,253.48 6,209.86 6,209.86 30,794.12 30,794.12 3,035.08 2,883.81 587,878.84 * Under P.W.E. 1,912.04 +399,907.00 848,735.78 † Under Appendix VIII C. 399,907.00 850,647.8237