CO129-179 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [9-12]

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COLONIAL ESTIMATES--HONGKONG.

EXPENDITURE DETAILED.

ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES.

£ s. d. $ C. Sanitary Improvements in Villages, 770. 16. 8 8,700.00 Maintenance of Piers, ... 208. 6. 8 1,000.00 Drainage and Sewerage, 3,125, 0. 0 15,000.00 Road and Street Contingencies, 2,916. 13. 4 14,000.00 Street Improvements, Tai-p'ing-shán, 208. 6. 8 1,000.00 Roads out of Victoria, 1,666. 13. 4 8,000.00 Repairs to Bridges, 208. 6. 8 1,000.00 Watering Streets, 150, 0. 0 720.00 Widening Kennedy Road, 208. 6. 8 1,000.00 Miscellaneous Services, 416. 13. 4 2,000.00 TOTAL, 9,879. 3. 4 $47,420.00

LIGHTHOUSES.

Maintenance, &c., of Buildings, and Apparatus, £ s. d. $ 208. 6. 8 1,000.00

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.

£ s. d. $ C. Lighting Street Lamps, 4,583. 6. 8 22,000.00 Expenses of the Clock Tower, 208. 6. 8 1,000.00 Commission to Crown Agents, 201. 13. 4 1,400.00 Telegraph Service, 620. 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,) 291. 13. 4 1,400.00 Grant to St. John's Cathedral for the use of the Troops, 104. 3. 4 500.00 Interest on Loan from Special Fund, from cost of Lighthouses, and Sinking Fund, 416. 13. 4 2,000.00 Other Miscellaneous Services. 1,041. 13. 4 5,000.00 TOTAL, 8,125. 0. 0 $39,000.00

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. 21,739, 3. 4 104,348.00

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