YMENTS of an unusual or special Description, and Payments on Services done
Secretary of State, for the Quarter ended
£200, incurred without previous authority from
31 December,
1872.
Description of Service.
Amount.
To whom paid.
Works and Buildings.
Erection of a Police Grand Court at Kowloon R&E No 27 of 1872 £1000 £208.6.8. Contractors. Date of authority from the Governor. Authorized by the Legislative Council on the September 1872 CsO. No 2613.Date and description of the authority or instruction (if any) from Her Majesty's Government in England, in consequence of which the payment was made.
Date of the Governor's Despatch to Her Majesty's Government in England respecting the transaction, in cases where no previous authority may have been received.
388
& shon adfitimal charges
Column for Remarks in any particular case, and for the statement of any special circumstances.
A It was found absolutely necessary to provide additional accommodation for this Police, and this best effected by the erection of a grand House near the Dock on the S. E. of the Peninsula. This building is for the accommodation of the Hospital Servants for whom there is no room in the Hospital. Erection of a wooden Bridge at the Civil Hospital. R&c. No 28 of 1872 $670. £139.11.8. Sre 44 12925. Roads Street & Bridges Dr £1500. Do 24. Mr. Moore on the me £312.10.0 edo. no 29001 (Ime GM) Erection of a Bridge at Aberdeen. Rrk no 26 of 1872.Auditor General's Office,
Hong Kong, 20th February, 1873.
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destroyed during the unusually heavy rains in August.
(Signed) Quil C Smith,
Acting Auditor General.
Coronel Smith.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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