Gentlemen,
Enclosure 14.
Lieutenant-Colonel Phillpotts to the Ordnance Officers.
Royal Engineer Office, Hong Kong,
April 10, 1849.
WITH reference to the Brigade Major's letter of the 4th Instant, calling for "the amount already expended upon public buildings" in this colony, I have the honor to annex the following statement, viz:
The amount of expenditure, including large sums for temporary buildings and repairs, which was made chargeable by the Treasury to the Ordnance, prior to its being brought into annual estimates in the usual way was £146,838 0 0. The amount expended on the annual estimates from that period to the 31st ultimo, being on the approved annual estimates for 1846-47, 1847-48, and 1848-49, was
ROYAL ENGINEERS, CIVIL DEPARTMENT. SCHEDULE of the Pay and Allowances of all Persons belonging to the Royal Engineer Department at Hong Kong, Gross pay and allowances per annum Deduct Income Tax Deduct Superannuation Fund Nett pay and allowances per annum 1 Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding £1,322 10 10 £38 11 5 £0 0 0 £1,283 19 4 1 Captain or Brevet-Major £789 10 10 £23 0 6 £0 0 0 £766 10 3 1 First Lieutenant £357 8 4 £10 8 5 £0 0 0 £346 19 11 1 Ditto attached to Royal Sappers and Miners £378 13 4 £11 0 10 £0 0 0 £367 12 5 2 Clerks of Works, 4th Class £589 0 0 £16 15 7 £7 10 6 £564 14 1 1 Foreman, Ditto, 2nd Class £258 0 0 £7 10 6 £5 11 0 £250 9 6 1 Clerk, 4th Class £203 5 0 £5 11 0 £2 1 0 £195 12 5 Total £4,846 15 5 £123 9 1 £15 3 0 £4,718 1 7With regard to "what further outlay may be in contemplation either for additional works, improvements, or repairs," I beg leave to state that the estimates for the present year, which commenced on the 1st instant, are not yet authorized. The amounts as originally submitted to England in August last for consideration, were for
Ordnance Services £12,102 2 1 Barrack £40,464 9 6 £5,289 6 2 £21,925 9 4These were subsequently reduced in compliance with the Board's order, dated 22nd September last, as follows, viz:
It appears, however, from a communication which I received from the Inspector-General of Fortifications by the last mail, that he has caused the amount of the Ordnance estimate for this year to be reduced to £4,057 9s. 11d, and it is probable that the Barrack estimate will likewise be further reduced before it is submitted by the Inspector-General for the Master-General and Board's authority,
I have, &c.
GEORGE PHILLPOTTS, Lieut.-Colonel commanding Royal Engineers.
(Signed)
ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS. 3 Serjeants, 2 Corporals, 2 Second Corporals, 42 Privates, and 1 Bugler £1,281 0 0 Deduct 1 Serjeant, 1 Corporal, 13 Privates, and 1 Bugler, wanting to complete £395 8 4 £885 17 1 CHINESE. 1 Office Keeper £25 0 0 1 Office Coolie £12 10 0 2 Watchmen £25 0 0 £62 10 0 Total £4,718 1 7Royal Engineers' Office, Victoria,
April 9, 1849.
(Signed) GEORGE PHILLPOTTS,
Lieut.-Col. Commanding Royal Engineers.
Table shewing the Duties which each Individual of the Royal Engineer Department at this Station is required to perform.
1. Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding Royal Engineers.-The direction, control, and responsibility of the Royal Engineer Department is in the Commanding Royal Engineer, who is also one of the respective officers of Ordnance, and in that capacity he attends all the meetings of the respective officers, and assists in the discharge of their various duties.
2. Captain or Brevet-Major Royal Engineers.-Assists in the detail of the executive duties of the department, and takes the general charge both of the Ordnance and Barrack services, under the direction of the Commanding Royal Engineer.
3. Lieutenant St. John, Royal Engineers.-Superintends the regular employment of the workmen, the beneficial use and conversion of all stores and materials, and the proper execution of the works and repairs coming under the head of Barrack services, with which he is charged, and he attends the measurement of the same. He looks over and countersigns the check returns, as well as the entry of the measurements of Barrack services, in the general measurement book, from which the pay lists and contractor's bills are made out. And he draws plans and assists in making estimates, &c., &c., for any works, as they may be required, and keeps a diary of all the works carried on under his charge,
* At present absent.