present month, and the Accounts closed as soon after as possible. A small sum is due to the Hongkong and China Gas Co for fittings supplied to the Poor office.
The Sanitarium at Kowloon is completed to the first floor and the works are now stopped, a balance of $1500 has to be paid to the Contractor.
The item of $4000 for the water supply from the Eastward is in support of the expense of landing the piping and laying the different services, the work was completed during last month.
The sum of $3563,000 under the head of "Tramway" will cover the expense of landing the same and laying half a mile at the Pokfulam Reservoir, it also includes the purchase of Keepers.
The new Survey of Victoria is now completed, and the sum of $2,000 agreed upon will shortly be paid for the service.
The works at Pokfulam Reservoir have been stopped by direction of His Excellency the Governor, a sum of about $7000 has been expended during the three months that the works were