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raising of trees that may be of future commercial value, such as eighty thousand seedlings of the Japanese Wax tree which have already been placed on the Peak Road that leads to the new European quarter on the hills. Others will be erected in some parts of the Chinese quarter of the Town which had been rather neglected by the Survey Department.
Mr. Ford has raised in our nurseries this year 73,000 trees.
Last year the vote for Roads, Streets and Bridges was $25,000. On this year's vote, there is an increase of nearly $7,000.
14. Lighting Street-Lamps
On the advice of the Executive Council, I recently renewed the contract for three years with the Gas Company on condition that they lowered the price of gas and added thirty-three per cent to the number of public lights. The reduction in the price of gas has enabled me to increase the vote. I now take $26,000. Some of the new lamps will be erected in the Chinese quarter.
Separate despatches will be addressed to Your Lordship respecting the vote of $35,000 for the New Water Police Station, the vote of $20,000 for the Observatory, and some other items in the Works and Buildings vote.
16. Though the Estimates now submitted show a surplus of $80,246 on the year's expenditure...
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