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Less important works in hand are Items No. 2, Additional Storey to the Central Police Station; No. 3, Disinfecting Station, Kowloon; No. 15, Quarters for Officers at Taipo; No. 22, Reclamation at Tai-kok-tsui; and No. 27, the Road across the King's Park which was dealt with in my Despatch No. 346 of the 20th September last. For these $58,200 is required or nearly 3% of the whole vote.
9.
Summarising the figures in the preceding three paragraphs it will be seen that it is proposed to spend on new works, not yet in hand $87,000 or 5% of the vote; on extension of systems of drainage, etc., minor alterations, and on resumptions -$354,500 or 19% do.; on new works, already in hand -$1,373,700 or 76% do. $1,815,200; the discrepancy between this total and the $1,815,300 printed in the Estimates being the nominal sum of $100 inserted as Item 24 for the Store Account.
10.
I have dealt at some length with the figures of the Public Works Extraordinary Vote as this is, I believe, the largest that has ever been passed in the Colony and I wished to show that without stopping important works in hand there was little possibility of reducing it. On the three Public Works Votes — Departmental, Recurrent and Extraordinary — we shall spend 34 per centum of the total estimated revenue. For defence against external aggression (Vote 23), 19 per centum; for maintenance of law and order (Votes 12, 13, 17, 18, 18/a and 18/b), 13 per centum; for the health of the Colony, (Votes 11, 16, 16/a, and 19), 11 per centum; for the Post Office (Vote 7) 5 per centum.