Item 34. Kowloon Water Works.
Brought forward...$2,502
(Removal of landslips from catch-water, etc.)...220
Item 35. Tytam Tuk Water Works.
(Restoring embankments and pitched slopes round coast line at Tytam Tuk, etc.)...3,000
Total...$5,720
A combination of these figures with these supplementary estimates results in the following total:
Heads of Estimate
Typhoon of September 18th Subsequent rain-storms and typhoons Totals Buildings $15,000 4,700 19,700 Lighthouses 6,200 6,200 Piers and Sea-walls 14,000 9,300 23,300 Drainage Works 4,500 4,500 Water Works 3,000 3,000 Telegraphs and Telephones 7,500 2,000 9,500 Roads and Bridges 24,000 11,000 35,000 Cemetery Repairs 2,000 2,000 Floating Plant 1,000 1,000 Works in progress 5,720 5,720 Totals 69,000 40,920 109,920 say 69,000 say 41,000 say 110,000I propose to take a further vote when the Director of Public Works can inform me how much of the sum of $110,000 he anticipates being able to spend before the close of the present financial year. It is doubtful whether any part of the amount put down for repairing damage to works in progress will be required this year as these works have necessarily been greatly retarded by the storms that have damaged them, so that it will scarcely