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Peak to Pingshan the traffic upon it has been im-, mense. Traders and others who formerly had to make a long detour now go direct and save much time, while from the latter point of view, namely, police control, the patrols are now able to police the district much more efficiently and in less time. As another result of this road construction, it is probable that the point at which it leaves the seafront will com- mand a very high price as a pier site. The vote for primary streets is reduced to $30,000 from $35,000. Of this $7,000 will be added to the 86,000 from the new roads in the Kowloon vote. towards forming the nullah in Waterloo road, $2000 for lowering the road near the French Convent at Harpy Valley to which the Government has long been pledged; $2,000 for tram diversion on Shankiwan Road, to which the Government has also long been pledged; $2,000 to complete Reclamation Street, $2,000 for roads in the Hunghom district, and $1,500 each for Salisbury Road and Marine Lot 29, the balance being for general works. The vote of $27,500 for raising Chatham Road is in repay-† ment for work undertaken by the Kowloon-Can- ton Railway, the portion to be done by the Public Works Department being completed | this year.
This completes the whole of this im- portant improvement rendered necessary by the new reclamation at a total cost of 551,000.
DRAINAGE WORKS, ETC.
The road on Victoria Peak, for which $4,500 was provided this year, has not been undertaken in the pressure of more important works, and we do not propose to proceed with it next year The reconstruction of gullies upon which a sum of $93,600 will have been spent by the end of this year is now practically complete, and only $600 is allotted next year for, completion А
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was recognised by the Po Leung Kuk, which is, as you are aware, an institution maintained entirely by Chinese for the rescue of women and girls. The Po Leung Kuk, however, does not profess to provide a permanent home, but. only to repatriate or otherwise dispose, by marriage or otherwise, of the women who, under local Ordinances, are committed to its charge. When no means of disposal, such as marriage or repatriation, presented them.*
the directors were selves,
glad in many cases to hand over girls to the care of the Eyre Refuge. This institution has been or- ganised with a representative Committee under the presidency of the Right Reverend Bishop Lander, and with an extended sphere of useful- ness it appeared to me that no better use could be found for this building than as a reformatory for girls. I consulted Mr. Belilios on his re- cent visit here, and with his cordial concurrence the home has been handed over to the Eyre Committee.
realised from the special light dues, and this sum is entered against the work. The remainder of the expenditure during the coming year will be debited to the special fund, and defrayed from the Colonial reserves, to which course I have the sanction of the Secretary of State. It is probable also that the sale of the dredger will also add to the funds in hand for the work. The amount, including the cost of the dredger, already spent, is 5306,693, which is not so much us we had hoped to expend, but the delay in getting forward with the work is due to the necessary time ocqu pied in preparing the designs and plans. The deepening of Causeway Bay has been pushed bu rapidly and will be completed this year. The sum shown, viz., $11,000, is the balance of the estimate and is retention money due to the contractor on the expiration of the period for which he is responsible for maintenance. total cost is $74,000. The sum put down in the Estimates" for resumption on Marine Lot 29, which Wits borne on this year's Estimates, has not fallen due: for payment. Half, namely, $19,700, will be paid this year, and half next year. The Albany filter beds reconstruction and extension. has proved a costly undertaking, totalling about $182,000. The Sun of $16,000 falling year is retention money, and $6,000 is a re-voto from this year, but, I am glad to say. will complete this work. Kowloon Waterworks form one of the great undered gaol extension as a very necessary and urgent matter, together with some improvements in takings on which this Colony is justly proud. Its cost is 81.194,609, and the sum provided, next,
ventilation which I have personally inspected, and which mot with the unanimous approval of year, $37,520. is all
that is requirąd | to
the Principal Civil Medical Officer and tho complete it. The vote for miscellaneous
Captain Superintendent of Police. The cost waterworks has beeh increased next year will be largely reduced by the employment of
next
from $25,000 to $28,000, in order to admit of
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The gaol, on the other hand, has long been found to be somewhat restricted in space, and from time to time the ordinary rules as to segregation of prisoners have had to give way to the necessity of accommodating. inmates, and it has occasionally been cessary for prisoners to sleep in the
I look, therefore, on this propos- : Passages, etc.
prison labour
NEW WORKS.
ne-
sum of $15,000 is allotted for training nul-improvement of Mr. Tooker's catchwater lalis, of which 88,000 will be spent on improve- | (Tytam). A twelve-inch main will be laid from ments at Shaukiwan, in which district. the Albany filter beds to convey the Tytan
(3) A sum of $40,000 is allotted to reclamation as you are aware, the Sanitary Board have water to West Point, unt for this 12,000 work at Yaumati, which may be classed as remuu- made representations On the initiative of will be expended in 1910. We shall already crative expenditure, since the new lots formed the Principal Medical Officer, who com- have spent $20,000 for the pipes this year.
will bring in revenue by premia and Crown rent. plained of the prevalence of malaria in the West Boint will thus not have to rely on okfu- We hope during next year to effect the begin- Lyemoon Barracks, and we propose to spend lam reservoir only, and the additional supplying of some extremely necessary sanitary about $3,500 this year, making a total of will, I am sure, be greatly appreciated by the improvements in the village of Tai Hang. The $11,500. The expenditure of the rest of the Chinese population of that district. The new
total cost is estimated at $15,500, and of this vote has not yet been decided. With regard to
works for 1910 comprise the following(1) 4.500 will be expended. $8,000 is devoted to flushing tanks and iron pipes, three tanks are Coolie quarters at Kennedy Town Hospital. the building of a new police station at Tsun completed out of six, and iron pipes have been On the recommendation of the Retrenchment Wan, which is considered to be a matter of substituted for earthenware in Bonham Road Committee, supported by the acting Principal much importance for the effective supervision at a total cost of $19.263. It is proposed in Civil Medical Officer and by Dr. Stedua, I of the New Territory. The present station at 1910 to continue the substitution in Garden approved the sale of the hospital ship Ing. Au Tau, which is only a mile distant from the Road at a cost of $5,000. This, you will and in future smallpox patients will be station at Ping Shan, is no longer necessary as recollect, is part of the Chadwick scheme treated in the Kennedy Town Hospital, which, it was in the earlier days, the more so that the which the Government has been consistently together with the Tung Wal Infectious Dis- two stations are connected by the new road. carrying out for seven years past. Miscellaneous eases Hospital, alongside, have hitherto not been The police detachment there will therefore be drainage stands at 843,000, the principal items utilised to their full potential utility. have
moved to Tsun Wan. Finally, a sum of $15,000 of which are new drainage works at Shaukiwan, already stated the amount of the saving in has been set down for the rebuilding of one of $7,30); the extension of the drain on the railway staff thus effected by the Sale of the the Government pavilions. These two buildings reclamation, $2,100, new surface water drains Hygeia, in addition to
the
sum received. liave, as you are aware, been provided for the near the Yaumati Pumping Station, $5,000, There are, however, some matsheds between the members of the Civil Service, who are allowed extension of the sewer near the Yacht Club, hospital and the hill in the rear of it which to occupy them for a fortnight in rotation $410; extension of sewer near Yaumati Theatre, are used as both honse and coolie quarters, during the hot weather in order to recruit their $2,140; surface water drains, Samshuipo. $4.000; and soon after I came to the Colony I pointed health and obtain a change from the lower levels. Reclamation Street, $1,100; and Hok Un, out the great danger from fire which they con- They pay a sum for maintenance of furniture, $5,000.
stituted to a building which might contain and I think the Colony obtains its value for many invalids incapable of saving themselves. the capital expenditure on the buildings and vigour there The sum of $5,000 is allotted for pushing These will be replaced at a cost of $3,600. (2) in the renewed health forward the triangulation survey of the Col$8,500 is provided for a slaughter-house at
obtained. The buildings were reported to be unsafe for habitation last year, jand
but were ony, which, I am glad to say, is making progress. Shankiwan, which is much required, The old heading of this vote is not applicable, will be remunerative. (3) A sum of 18000 for many of the old travellers' traffic marks has been provided for extension of the gaol. cannot be identified, and money is wasted on the work of trying to re-establish them completely. Hitherto the Belilios Reformatory has been Where they can be found they are included in used as an overflow or branch prison. This the new triangulation. The vote includes the building was a charitable bequest given to the cost of engaging a man on a two years agree-Colony for a specific purpose, and in my view ment. The sum of $18,000 will complete the it is altogether irregular to use it for such a reinforced concrete piers at Green Island and purpose as a branch prison. It is, moreover, Kowloon City. I do not propose to proceed very distant from the central prison, and not with the one opposite the Harbour Office at well suited for such a purpose. The object of present. Its estimated cost is $26,000, and the donor was that the building should be used the total cost of the two completed will be as a reformatory for boys, but changes in the $34,734. Blake Pier roofing is completed, and law and its administration in regard to juvenile cost $8,546 over the estimate, which was offenders were partly responsible for the fact that to resume this laud for the future extension due to an alteration in the design made by no inmates were forthcoming to occupy this of the station in the not distant future, but Crown Agents and loss On ex-building, even supposing that such an insti- as it will not be immediately occupied, its cost change. The Miscellaneous Works vote is tution were adapted to the requirements of is not debitable to railway construction funds $35,000. This is for the various urgent this "Colony, of which I Trave doubts. until such time as it may be wanted. Mean- minor works for which necessity
boy was
while ever placed in it, is Only one
Ol be let short lease, and. shown during the year. They will, I hope, and he shortly after escaped. (Laughter) On the rental will, I hope, cover the interest on include the Beacons on Bansansich and Douglas, the other hand, owing chiefly to the exertions of the capital sun. Against this may be rocks, and the small pier at Suikung. With the lady whose name the institution bors, the set the sum of $330,000, which is the amount. regard to the typhoon refuge, under Revenue "Eyre Refuge " for derelict Chinese womon and of interest on advances which under the system you will find that $90,000 is expected to be girls had come into existence, and its good work' hitherto in operation would have beon payablṣ
the
OTHER VOTES,
BELILIOS REFORMATORY FOR GIRLS.
temporarily strengthened by guys and stays so as to render it possible for them to be occupied during the summer. It will be necessary next year to rebuild one of then. I had hoped to provide a sum to start a pier at the end of Nathan Road, the total cost to be $24,000, but this must be deferred to next year, for the list of works is already as much as the Public Works Department can supervise, nor is there any money available. The total of the Public Works Extraordinary for 1910 is $940,820; to this must be added a sum of $374,805 for land reclama- tion in the neighbourhood of the new railway station at Kowloon.
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I have considered it wise