CO129-175 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [9-12]

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COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.

EXPENDITURE DETAILED.

ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES.

Sewerage in Hongkong, £ s. d. $ C. 4,166. 13. 4 20,000. 00 Improvements at British Kowloon, 208. 6. 8 1,000. 00 Roads and Streets Contingencies, 2,812. 10. 0 Street Improvements, Taipingshan, 13,500. 00 Repairs to Roads out of Victoria, 208. 6. 8 1,000. 00 to Bridges, 208. 6. 8 1,000. 00 Watering Streets, 208. 6. 8 1,250. 0. 0 Maintenance of Piers, 6,000. 00 Bowrington Bridge, 208. 6. 8 1,000. 00 Widening Victoria Peak Road, 150. 0. 0 720. 00 Miscellaneous Services; 410. 13. 4 2,000. 00 416. 13. 4 2,000. 00 TOTAL, £10,254. 3. 4 $40,220. 00

LIGHTHOUSES.

Maintenance, &c., of Buildings, and Apparatus, £ s. d. $ C. 208. 6. 8 1,000. 00

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.

Lighting Street Lamps, £ s. d. $ C. 4,583. 6. 8 22,000. 00 Expenses of the Clock Tower, 208. 6. 8 1,000. 00 Commission to Crown Agents, 250. 0. 0 1,200. 00 Telegraph Service, 520. 16. 8 2,500. 00 Allowance to the City Hall for Salary of Librarian and Curator of the Museum, 250. 0. 0 1,200. 00 Grant to the Native District Watchmen, 416. 13. 4 2,000. 00 Rent of Marine Lot No. 66, (Crosby's Store,), 201. 13. 4 1,000. 00 Grant to St. John's Cathedral for the use of the Troops, 104. 3. 4 500. 00 Other Miscellaneous Services, 1,041. 13. 4 5,000. 00 TOTAL, £7,666. 13. 4 $36,800. 00

MILITARY CONTRIBUTION.

Contribution to Imperial Government in aid of Military Expenditure, (£20,000 at the current exchange of the day say 3/10), £ s. d. $ 21,780. 3. 4 104,348. 00

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