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Colonial Expenditure - Hongkong.
No. 12. Works and Buildings.
New Works.
St. John's Church, under Ref: & let: No. 7 of 1846, amount available under Ordinance of 1847, £4,600 of which on the 1st April, 1848, remained.
Expended thereon in 1848/49 - £2,785 4 0
leaving Balance - £1,153 15 8½
£3,938 19 8¼ £2,785 4 0
"Jails in Victoria" under stip: & let: No. 5 of 1845, sanct. in Desp: No. 30 of 1845 amounting to £4,469 6 1 stg:
of which remained available on 1st April, 1848. Expended thereon in 1848-49 - £47 18 4
leaving unexpended - £423 12 1
£471 10 5 £47 18 4
£423 12 1
Levelling site for Church of Govt: Offices "under Rep: & ret: No. 5 of 1846 - sanct? in Desp: No. 55 of 1846, amount to £1,633 10 3
of which remained on 1 April 1848.
Expended thereon during 1848-49.
leaving unexpended
"Defensible Barrack at Aberdeen "under Rep: & est: No. 6 of 1846
amounting to £2,680 19 7 stg: sanct? in Desp: No. 3 of 8 Mar: 1847
of which remained available on 1st April, 1848.
Expended thereon during 1848-49 - £450 16 9
leaving unexpended - £82 17 0
£533 13 9 £450 16 9
"Boundary Walls to Jails" under Rep: & est: No. 9 of 1846, sanct? in Desp: No. 80 of 26 Mar: 1847 & amounting to £1,624 9 8 stg:
of which was available on 1st April, 1848.
Expended during 1848-49 - £12 10 0
£61 19 8 £12 10 0
£49 9 8
"Coolie Stands in Victoria, under Rep: & est: No. 6 of 1847, sanct? in Desp: No. 33 of 16 May, 1848 amounting to £364 0 0 and expended - £205 0 0
£159 0 0
"Extension of Harbour Master's Pier "under Rep: & est: No. 6 of 1847, sanct? in Desp: No. 17 of 22 Mar: 1848 and amounting to £281 0 0
Expended thereon during 1848-49.
remaining available.
"Levelling site for Government House" as per agreement, and expended in 1848-49.
"Ventilation &c. to Jails," under Rep: & est: No. 4 of 1847.
Vide Capt. Grey's Desp: No. 10 of 23 Feb: 1848, and Gov'r's reply No. 23 of 20 May 1848
amount of Rep: & est: Expended thereon in 1848/49 - £173 10 0
Remaining - £35 1 7
£208 11 7 £173 10 0
"Government Offices, as per separate Rep: & est. sanct? in Desp: No. 171 of 2 Dec: 1845, and amounting to £14,300 3 10 stg:
Balance on 1st April, 1848.
Expended during 1848-49
leaving unexpended.
"Servant Rooms, Stables and Main Sewer" sanct? in Desp: No. 45 of 1848.
Rep: & Est; amounting to £2,000 4 7½, of which expended in 1848-49.
being for outhouses, &c. £1,245 0 3, & for Main Sewer £538 1 1 stg: leaving £261 3 3½ stg: unexpended.
§ less the amount paid by the Colonial Agent.
Colonial Expenditure. Hongkong.
Works and Buildings continued.
New Works £11,413 4 10 Repairs, &c. To Buildings damaged by Storm on 1 Septr. 1848, under Rep: & est: No. 3 of 1848, as reported in Gov: Desp: No. 82 of 25 Oct. 1848, amounting to £323 6 11½ of which, expended in 1848-49. £53 14 3½ saving effected £269 6 10 Contingent. Repairs and Works by authority of H. Ex: the Governor. Repairs of Anderson's Bungalow on Hospital Hill. £58 6 8 Do. the residence Do to Police stations at Shewkwan & Stanley. £14 15 7 Do to Jail and Debtors Prison. £9 14 19½ Do to sundry Govt: Buildings and offices. £144 15 10 Pulling down and stocking materials of the Old Treasury Guard House. £50 13 5 Coolie hire for protecting Albany Godowns. £205 10 0 Removing furniture and fixtures from the Old to the new Court d'ecuti. Flag-staff for Government House. £32 5 10 Erecting Flagstaff, &c. &c. £18 7 7 £474 17 7 Total Works & Buildings, £11,888 2 537°. 14. Roads, Streets, and Bridges.
Roads.
New.
Roads and Streets, West Victoria, under Rep: & Est: No. 10 of 1844, for £1,915 13 2½ stg: sanctioned in Desp: No. 169 of 1845.
Balance on 1st April, remaining.
Expended in 1848-49.
Remaining.
Improvement of Queen's Road, under Rep: & est: No. 6 of 1845
amounting to £1,206 7 3½ stg: sanct? in Desp: No. 163 of 1845. Balance on 1st April, 1848. £179 10 3½ Expended during 1848-49. £172 18 4½ remaining £6 11 11"Road from Tytam to Stanley," under Rep: & est: No. 2 of 1846, amounting to £1,872 17 2 stg: sanct? in Desp: No. 54 of 1846.
Balance on 1st April, 1848. £719 6 4 Expended during 1848-49. £12 12 11 saving £706 13 5"Road from Aberdeen to Stanley under Rep: & est: No. 1 of 1847, amounting to £2,705 14 4 stg: sanct? in Desp: No. 28 of 30 Sept. 1846.
Balance on 1st April, 1848. £1,370 4 9 Expended during 1848-49. £63 15 9 Remaining, £1,306 17 4£1,656 17 4
£1,624 7 0
£1,413 4 10
Planting Trees on Queen's Road, &c., Victoria.
Carried forward. Total. New Roads.